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Question reference: S3W-29661

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28662 by Alex Neil on 16 November 2009, what the local authority areas were of the three cases where a lower rent was set in 2008 and the five cases in 2009.

I have asked Isabel Montgomery, President of the Private Rented Housing Panel to respond. Her response is as follows:

For 2008 where Committees of the Private Rented Housing Panel determined a rent lower than that set by the statutory Rent Officer in three cases, the local authority areas were Edinburgh City Council (two cases) and Glasgow City Council (one case). For 2009 to the 31 October 2009 the local authority areas for the five cases were Edinburgh City Council (one case), Glasgow City Council (three cases) and Aberdeen City Council (one case).

Question reference: S3W-29660

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-28661 by Alex Neil on 16 November 2009, what the local authority areas were of the 32 cases in which higher rents were set in 2008 and the 46 in 2009.

I have asked Isabel Montgomery, President of the Private Rented Housing Panel to respond. Her response is as follows:

In 2008 Committees of the Private Rented Housing Panel determined a rent higher than that set by the statutory Rent Officer in 32 cases and 46 cases in 2009 to the 31 October 2009. The following table indicates the local authority areas relevant to those cases.

Local Authority	Number of Cases
Local Authority	2008	2009
Aberdeen City Council	1	Nil
Dumfries and Galloway Council	Nil	1
Edinburgh City Council	Nil	4
Falkirk Council	Nil	1
Glasgow City Council	26	32
Inverclyde Council	1	Nil
Mid Lothian Council	1	Nil
Moray Council	Nil	2
North Lanarkshire Council	1	Nil
Renfrewshire Council	1	2
South Lanarkshire Council	Nil	3
West Dunbartonshire Council	1	1
Totals	32	46

Question reference: S3W-29630

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme were for social rent.

The number of houses provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) in 2008-09 that were for social rent was 4,429. Details of the units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics web page at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.

A detailed report on the 2008-09 AHIP can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/AHIP0809Report.

Question reference: S3W-29631

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme was for social rent.

The percentage of the houses provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme in 2008-09 that were for social rent was 71%. Details of the units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics web page at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.

A detailed report on the 2008-09 AHIP can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/AHIP0809Report.

Question reference: S3W-29632

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme were for sale.

The number of houses provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) in 2008-09 for sale was 993. Details of the units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics web page at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.

A detailed report on the 2008-09 AHIP can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/AHIP0809Report.

Question reference: S3W-29627

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme was off-the-shelf purchases.

The percentage of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) that were off-the-shelf purchases was 13%. Details of the units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics web page at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.

A detailed report on the 2008-09 AHIP can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/AHIP0809Report.

Question reference: S3W-29634

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the houses classified as rehabilitated in the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme were in use at the time of rehabilitation.

Question reference: S3W-29629

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme was rehabilitated houses.

The percentage of the houses provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) in 2008-09 that were rehabilitated was 7%. Details of the units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics Web page at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.

A detailed report on the 2008-09 AHIP can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/AHIP0809Report.

Question reference: S3W-29628

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme were rehabilitated houses.

The number of houses provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) in 2008-09 that were rehabilitated was 426. Details of the units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics web page at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.

A detailed report on the 2008-09 AHIP can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/AHIP0809Report.

Question reference: S3W-29633

Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 December 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the houses provided through the 2008-09 Affordable Housing Investment Programme was for sale.

The percentage of the houses provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme (AHIP) in 2008-09 for sale was 16%. Details of the units provided through AHIP can be found on the Scottish Governments Official Statistics web page at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/NB-AHIP.

A detailed report on the 2008-09 AHIP can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/AHIP0809Report.