- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2009
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 9 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications to the Open Market Shared Equity programme have not yet been granted.
Answer
At the end of September 2009, 7,143 applications forms had been issued by registered social landlords administering the Open Market Shared Equity programme. Of these, 2,997 applications were returned of whom 1,521 were eligible.
An update to Housing Statistics for Scotland - AHIP Summary will be published towards the end of February 2010 on the Scottish Government website and will include number of sales in the period October to December.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 9 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a deposit is required of applicants to the Open Market Shared Equity programme.
Answer
No, the Open Market Shared Equity programme does not require applicants to have a deposit to access to the scheme. However, an applicant''s lender may require a modest mortgage deposit and this has been the case with most lenders for some months.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 9 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what average amount it has paid for Open Market Shared Equity programme houses, broken down by local authority.
Answer
As at 30 September 2009, the average spend for Open Market Shared Equity programme houses broken down by local authority is:
Average Open Market Shared Equity Programme Grant Paid
| Local Authority | |
| Edinburgh and the Lothians, Fife and Scottish Borders | |
| Edinburgh | £38,800 |
| East Lothian | £41,287 |
| Fife | £25,959 |
| Midlothian | £40,658 |
| Scottish Borders | £26,202 |
| West Lothian | £42,022 |
| Grampian | |
| Aberdeen City | £37,001 |
| Aberdeenshire | £47,522 |
| North | |
| Highland | £40,394 |
| Orkney | £41,257 |
| Tayside and Forth Valley | |
| Angus | £37,827 |
| Clackmannanshire | £31,235 |
| Dundee | £22,802 |
| Falkirk | £28,100 |
| Perth and Kinross | £36,273 |
| Stirling | £33,616 |
| West | |
| Argyll and Bute | £20,258 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £26,071 |
| East Ayrshire | £16,636 |
| East Dunbartonshire | £32,201 |
| East Renfrewshire | £34,470 |
| Glasgow | £28,176 |
| Inverclyde | £22,187 |
| North Ayrshire | £20,827 |
| North Lanarkshire | £33,504 |
| South Ayrshire | £21,909 |
| South Lanarkshire | £17,335 |
| West Dunbartonshire | £18,243 |
An update to Housing Statistics for Scotland - AHIP Summary will be published towards the end of February 2010 on the Scottish Government website and will include number of sales in the period October to December.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to set up a group to examine evictions, as referred to by the Minister for Housing and Communities at the meeting of the Local Government and Communities Committee on 11 November 2009 (Official Report c. 2629).
Answer
The Scottish Government held an event with a range of key stakeholders on 19 November 2009 to consider how the overall number of evictions could be reduced in the social rented sector through sharing best practice and addressing obstacles to achieving this. A group, drawn from a small number of stakeholders present at the above event, will now meet early in the New Year to review progress.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have purchased properties under the New Supply Shared Equity Scheme since March 2009, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The number of properties purchased under the New Supply Shared Equity Scheme between April and the end of June, broken down by local authority is as follows:
| Local Authority | April - End June |
| Aberdeenshire | 15 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1 |
| City of Aberdeen | 7 |
| City of Edinburgh | 12 |
| City of Glasgow | 32 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2 |
| East Ayrshire | 3 |
| Falkirk | 0 |
| Fife | 2 |
| Highland | 18 |
| Inverclyde | 3 |
| Perth and Kinross | 3 |
| South Lanarkshire | 14 |
| Stirling | 1 |
| West Lothian | 1 |
| Total | 114 |
This information is recorded on the Sales Log monitoring database from returns completed by registered social landlords administering the New Supply Shared Equity scheme throughout Scotland. Due to the nature of the collection, there can be a time lag between the sale occurring and being recorded on the database.
An update to Housing Statistics for Scotland “ AHIP Summary will be published on the 27 November 2009 on the Scottish Government website and will include number of sales in the period July to September.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have purchased properties under the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme since March 2009, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The number of properties purchased under the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme between April and the end of June, broken down by local authority is as follows:
| Local Authority | April - End June |
| Aberdeenshire | 3 |
| City of Aberdeen | 24 |
| City of Edinburgh | 57 |
| City of Glasgow | 1 |
| Clackmannan | 0 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 0 |
| East Ayrshire | 0 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0 |
| East Lothian | 16 |
| East Renfrewshire | 0 |
| Falkirk | 1 |
| Fife | 0 |
| Highland | 15 |
| Inverclyde | 0 |
| Midlothian | 10 |
| North Lanarkshire | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 4 |
| South Ayrshire | 0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 0 |
| Stirling | 10 |
| The Borders | 0 |
| West Lothian | 32 |
| Total | 173 |
This information is recorded on the Sales Log monitoring database from returns completed by registered social landlords administering the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme throughout Scotland. Due to the nature of the collection, there can be a time lag between the sale occurring and being recorded on the database.
An update to Housing Statistics for Scotland “ AHIP Summary will be published on the 27 November on the Scottish Government website and will include number of sales in the period July to September.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for how many regulated tenancies determined by the Private Rented Housing Panel in 2008-09 the panel fixed a rent lower than that established by the local rent officer.
Answer
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 lower than that set by the statutory rent officer in three cases. For 2009 to the 31 October, the figure is five cases.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for how many regulated tenancies determined by the Private Rented Housing Panel in 2008-09 the panel fixed a rent higher than that established by the local rent officer.
Answer
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. For 2009 to the 31 October, the figure is 46 cases.
