Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost per unit was for new social housing built by local authorities for (a) one-, (b) two- and (c) three-bedroom properties in each year since 2007.
Funding for Council House Building was introduced in April 2009, the aim of which was to incentivise local authorities to build new homes. Cost information on the new homes delivered was not held on our recording system.
From 2012-13, we have recorded total project costs based on information provided by councils. The following table therefore shows the average cost to deliver a new home for social rent by councils since 2012-13, together with the average number of bedspaces per unit:
|
Financial Year |
Average cost per unit |
Average no. of bedspaces per unit
|
|
2012-13 |
£122,866 |
3.89 |
|
2013-14 |
£124,651 |
3.61 |
|
2014-15 |
£123,956 |
3.40 |
|
2015-16 |
£117,114 |
3.65 |
The figures within this table are from programme management information only and are not published