Question reference: S5W-03106
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 22 September 2016
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 October 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) affordable homes and (b) homes for social rent were demolished in the last parliamentary session in (i) the Glasgow City Council area and (ii) Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold specific information on the number of demolitions of (a) affordable homes and (b) homes for social rent.
Information on demolitions or closure of (a) Local Authority (b) Registered Social Landlord (RSL) and (c) private housing, is requested from Local Authorities on an annual basis. However, the information provided to Scottish Government is incomplete and subject to the caveats below. In addition, not all Local Authorities provide information split by RSL and private housing, so these categories are often combined.
The table below shows the information that the Scottish Government holds on the numbers of homes demolished or closed in the Glasgow City Council and Scotland areas across the years 2011-12 to 2015-16, based on the Housing Statistics for Scotland annual data collection from local authorities.
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Total demolitions (total demolished, taken out of use or closed less those previously reported as closed), by financial year |
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Financial Year: |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
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Glasgow - all tenures |
889 (1) |
889 e |
889 e |
889 e |
1,005 (2) |
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Glasgow - housing association dwellings |
884 (1) |
884 e |
884 e |
884 e |
1,005 |
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Glasgow - private dwellings |
5 (1) |
5 e |
5 e |
5 e |
not available |
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Scotland - all tenures |
2,925 |
3,719 |
2,055 |
2,108 |
1,932 |
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Scotland - local authority dwellings |
1,135 |
1,579 |
759 |
621 |
649 |
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Scotland - other dwellings (housing association or private) |
1,790 |
2,140 |
1,296 |
1,487 |
1,283 |
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Source: Scottish Government Housing Statistics for Scotland |
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Notes: |
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e - estimated. Glasgow City Council were not able to submit any figures for the years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15. Therefore for these years the previous figure for 2011-12 has been used as an estimate. |
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(1) The Glasgow figures for 2011-12 provided by Glasgow City Council relate to the total number of demolition applications. However this number may not reflect the number of subsequently completed demolitions. |
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(2) The Glasgow figure for 2015-16 has been provided by Glasgow Housing Association, therefore data for this year relates only to demolitions or closures by this social landlord and excludes any private dwellings. |
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Figures on demolitions or closures of local authority housing stock are generally accurate, but authorities differ in their ability to provide information on other tenures. For some councils this only includes housing association demolitions or closures, as those for privately owned housing is not available. We advise that these data should be considered as a minimum level of demolition or closure activity in Scotland. |
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The Scotland figures include estimates for other local authority areas. |