Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent on local authority housing, including for repairs and new housebuilding, in the North Ayrshire local authority area, in each of the last five years.
Revenue expenditure from the Housing Revenue Account in North Ayrshire Council is detailed in Table 1. Revenue expenditure is the cost of delivering services each year and includes loan charges, supervision and management, repairs and maintenance, allowances for bad debts and other expenditure.
Table 1 - Housing Revenue Account Revenue Expenditure Summary, North Ayrshire, Year Ending 31st March, £ Millions.
£ Millions (Near Actuals) | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Loan Charges | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 11.0 |
Supervision and Management | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 9.4 |
Repairs and Maintenance | 16.9 | 16.2 | 17.9 | 20.2 | 23.3 |
Movement in allowances for bad debts | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
Other Expenditure | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total Expenditure | 35.3 | 34.8 | 37.9 | 42.5 | 44.2 |
Capital expenditure from the Housing Revenue Account for North Ayrshire Council is detailed in Table 2. Capital expenditure is expenditure that creates an asset, it includes the initial costs of acquisition and construction, and costs incurred subsequently to add to, replace part of, or service the asset. Subsequent costs arising from day-to-day services of an asset, known as repairs and maintenance, is not capital expenditure.
Table 2 - Housing Revenue Account Capital Expenditure Summary, North Ayrshire, Year Ending 31st March, £ Millions.
£ Millions | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
HRA Gross capital expenditure on enhancements to existing buildings | 16.4 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 17.3 | 26.9 |
HRA Gross capital expenditure on new construction and conversion | 21.4 | 33.1 | 36.4 | 13.2 | 12.1 |
Total HRA gross capital expenditure | 37.8 | 44.3 | 48.7 | 30.5 | 39.0 |
Sources:
?Housing Revenue Account Statistics - Local Authority Income and Expenditure Near Actuals and Estimates.
Housing revenue account statistics - gov.scot
Note: Near actual figures refer to un-audited figures.
?Scottish Local Government Finance Statistics 2023-24. Workbook LFR CR
Scottish local government finance statistics (SLGFS) 2023-24: workbooks - gov.scot