Question reference: S5W-13671
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 4 January 2018
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 January 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have been delivered since 2007 for social rent, and how the supply of homes for social rent compares with that in England.
Answer
Since 2007, 48,813 affordable homes for social rent have been delivered in Scotland (from April 2007 to September 2017).
Over the period from 2007-08 to 2016-17 financial years, this government’s supply of social rent affordable housing per capita has been 112% higher than in England.
The following table shows the number of affordable housing units delivered for Scotland and England within each financial year and the rates per capita for each year.
Number of Affordable housing units for social rent delivered in Scotland and England, with per capita rates, financial years from 2007-08
|
Percentage difference between Scotland and England per capita rates |
|
2007-08 |
4,226 |
82 |
29,640 |
58 |
42% |
|
2008-09 |
4,662 |
90 |
31,120 |
60 |
49% |
|
2009-10 |
5,465 |
104 |
33,490 |
64 |
63% |
|
2010-11 |
5,836 |
111 |
39,560 |
75 |
48% |
|
2011-12 |
5,652 |
107 |
37,680 |
71 |
50% |
|
2012-13 |
4,274 |
80 |
17,620 |
33 |
144% |
|
2013-14 |
4,368 |
82 |
10,920 |
20 |
304% |
|
2014-15 |
4,376 |
82 |
9,570 |
18 |
364% |
|
2015-16 |
3,853 |
72 |
6,800 |
12 |
478% |
|
2016-17 |
4,580 |
85 |
5,380 |
10 |
771% |
|
Total over 2007-08 to 2016-17 |
47,292 |
894 |
221,780 |
421 |
112% |
Sources: Scottish Government Affordable Housing Supply Programme management information system and Ministry for Housing & Local Government live tables. In 2016, there were 4,099,000 social rented homes in England, which equates to 7,417 per 100,000 population and 594,632 in Scotland which equates to 11,002 per 100,000 population. The rate in Scotland was 48% higher.