The Scottish Parliament

Question reference: S7W-02331

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many applications for funding have been submitted to the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme in 2026-27, and (b) what is the total value of funding requested through these applications.

Question reference: S7W-02328

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many housing adaptations have been approved through the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme in 2026-27 so far, broken down by registered social landlord, and (b) what proportion this represents of the estimated 8,500 adaptations associated with the programme that were budgeted for as part of its Budget for 2026/27.

Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) are invited to submit an application for the amount of funding required to deliver a programme of general adaptations across the financial year based on their understanding of need among their tenants and for any major adaptations required by their tenants.

For the 2026-27 financial year, funding requests from 82 RSLs were received for general adaptations funding with 32 requests for major adaptations funding. Every RSL which requested funding has received and accepted its funding offer.

The estimate of 8,500 general adaptations contained in the 2025 Programme for Government was for the 2025-26 financial year. This was calculated by dividing the funding available in 2025-26 by the average cost of a general adaptation delivered in 2024-25 to estimate how many general adaptations could be delivered. As the average cost of adaptions delivered in 2025-26 has increased, these calculations have been revised for 2026-27. It is estimated that the £20.9m budget for 2026-27 could deliver 6,935 general adaptations and 32 major adaptations.

Question reference: S7W-02336

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects national data on waiting lists, waiting times and unmet demand for housing adaptations and, if not, what consideration it has given to collecting such data in the future.

The Scottish Government does not collect national data on waiting lists, waiting times and unmet demand for housing adaptations. Since the integration of health and social care, overall responsibility for the planning and delivery of adaptations, and for developing services to improve outcomes for people who require adaptations, lies with Integration Joint Boards through powers and budgets delegated from Local Authorities.

A review of the housing adaptations system in Scotland is ongoing and it is anticipated that a report and recommendations will be produced in the autumn.

Question reference: S7W-02333

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what evidence, data, assumptions and modelling were used to arrive at its estimate that funding allocated to the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme in its Budget for 2026-27 would support approximately 8,500 housing adaptations, and whether it will publish the methodology used to make that estimate.

The estimate of 8,500 general adaptations contained in the 2025 Programme for Government was calculated as follows:

Total budget for general adaptations in 2025-26 divided by the average cost of a general adaptation in 2024-25 = estimated number of general adaptations which could be supported.

These calculations have been revised for 2026-27 using the average cost of a general adaptation delivered in 2025-26. The £20.9m budget for 2026-27 is estimated to deliver 6,935 general adaptations and 32 major adaptations.

Question reference: S7W-02332

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many applications for funding have been approved through the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme in 2026-27, and (b) what percentage this is of the total number of applications submitted.

Question reference: S7W-02337

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much, by (a) percentage and (b) value, of the increase in funding allocated to the Registered Social Landlord Adaptations Programme in its Budget for 2026-27 is new investment, and how much has been provided through reductions, transfers or reprofiling of expenditure elsewhere in the Scottish Budget.

The Scottish Government has protected the Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) Adaptations Programme budget, maintaining this at £20.9 million for 2026-27. This reflects our ongoing commitment to support social landlords to deliver necessary adaptations for older tenants and disabled tenants to ensure they can live safely and independently in their own home for as long as they choose to do so.

Demand for this programme is high, due to the increased need for adaptations to support people to live safely and independently at home, maintaining the significant increase to this budget for a second year reflects this.

All funding available to the Scottish Government is allocated through the annual budget process. It is not possible to attribute a specific funding source to a particular budget line.

Question reference: S7O-00165

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether, when briefed by officials on the full business case for the Monklands Replacement Project in March 2026, the then Minister for Public Health considered the £2.1 billion proposal to be at risk of rejection.

Question reference: S7W-02188

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the findings of the Scottish Land Commission report, Tax and the Reuse of Scotland's Long-Term Derelict Land, how many of the 466 long-term derelict urban sites identified in the report have received support through the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme; how much funding has been allocated to those sites, and how many have subsequently been brought back into productive use.

We do not routinely hold this information in the format requested. However, the following table notes all projects supported through VDLIP since its launch, the Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey code if available, how much VDLIP funding has been allocated and where applicable, land that has been brought back into productive use.

Lead applicant	Project title	Total Grant Awarded	Site Codes	Project Status	Outcome
City of Edinburgh	Western Villages Granton	£619,661	EC01 Granton Harbour Plot? EC12 West Harbour Road EC37 Granton Harbour 2 EC79 West Granton Rd EC84 West Harbour Rd 2 EC88 West Shore Rd 5 EC88 Waterfront Broadway	COMPLETE	444 houses complete on site.
Clyde Gateway URC	Dalmarnock Riverside Park	£750,000	704 Dalmarnock Riverside	COMPLETE	New community park opened in November 2022.
East Dunbartonshire Council	Kirkintilloch Community Sport Complex	£1,061,075	4.Br7 Work Area	COMPLETE	New sports centre opened in 2024.
East Renfrewshire Council	Levern Water Revival	£1,084,661	3822 Prestwick Street / Levern Bridge Road	COMPLETE	Natural river channel restored to the Levern Water, alongside the creation of a riverside greenspace and path network.
Falkirk Council	Lionthorn Bing Greenspace Project	£582,808	Not available	COMPLETE	Vibrant community greenspace complete.
Glasgow City Council	Transforming Avenue End Road Greenspace	£417,812	Not available	COMPLETE	Established active travel route while protecting the water voles and their habitat.
South Lanarkshire Council	Clyde Cycle Park	£296,000	8445346 Site 22	COMPLETE	Project came to fruition in 2021.
South Lanarkshire Council	ONECarluke Community Growing	£84,150	8376142 ADJ High Mill	COMPLETE	Outdoor learning and growing space
Clyde Gateway	D2 GRIDS	£664,000	8445275 Shawfield 1 8445285 Shawfield 2 8445286 Shawfield 3 8445301 Shawfield 4 8445322 Shawfield Road Rutherglen	COMPLETE	VDLIP works complete to allow installation of 5GDHC heating and cooling systems
East Dunbartonshire Council	Twechar Canal Regeneration Project	£614,925	8.BR1 Canal Side Site	COMPLETE	The outdoor centre part of this project is complete
Glasgow City Council	Hamiltonhill Green Infrastructure Project	£924,911	Not available	COMPLETE	New green infrastructure in place
Glasgow City Council	Ruchazie Greening and Growing project	£670,000	3976 Ruchazie P.S. 4001 St Philip'S P.S.	COMPLETE	Community growing and outdoor community space on site
North Ayrshire Council	Annickbank Innovation Campus, Irvine Enterprise Area	£400,000	539 Annickbank	COMPLETE	New two-storey office pavilion complete
North Lanarkshire Council	Glenmanor Greenspace	£230,911	Not available	COMPLETE	Community asset featuring new paths, outdoor learning spaces and place areas in situ
City of Edinburgh Council	Granton Gasholder	£1,224,410	WEWG3A Waterfront Broadway	COMPLETE	This public park opened in 2025
Clyde Gateway	Shawfield Phase 2 - Remediation	£200,000	8445183 Greggs Site 8445263 Site 1	COMPLETE	Onsite works complete for further developmen
Fife Council	Ravenscraig Skills Hub	£491,582	KAC001 Ravenscraig Gardens East Lodge	COMPLETE	New Skills Hub now operational
Glasgow City Council	Community Net Zero Hub	£182,276	Not available	COMPLETE	Southside Tool Library and new workspace called the Bothy now operational
Glasgow City Council	Govan Graving Docks	£2,368,794	2580 Clyde Dry Docks	COMPLETE	Riverside Park opened in March 2026
Glasgow City Council	Greening Royston	£797,121	3138 20-38 Tharsis Street	COMPLETE	New community garden on site
Highland Council	Cromlet Invergordon	£400,000	Not available	COMPLETE	35 Houses complete to date with additional houses under construction
Highland Council	Longman Park	£2,150,000	319 INV113 Gateway Resort Site	COMPLETE	Ph1 and 2 of modular houses completed
Perth and Kinross Council	Millhaugh - Phase 1	£93,808	1010 Sawmill	COMPLETE	Community asset now open to public.
West Dunbartonshire Council	Residential development at Pappert Bonhill	£1,250,000	Not available	COMPLETE	26 houses constructed
Glasgow City Council	Belle Gro'@ The Meat Market	£450,474	3456 Meat Market (N)	ONGOING
City of Edinburgh Council	Greendykes North affordable housing	£623,713	Not available	ONGOING
Inverclyde	HSCP Community Learning	£990,000	8460350 H McNeil Baths	ONGOING
Clackmannanshire Council	Clacks Community – Growing a new Future	£500,000	ALLOA026 Forthbank ALLOA052 Forthbank Yard	ONGOING
West Dunbartonshire Council	Community Food Growing – Former Bonhill PS	£100,000	8410348 Bonhill PS	ONGOING
Glasgow City Council	Cadder Woods Community Greenspace	£772,700	297 Rear Of 34-50 Vaila Street 298 S Of 6 Vaila Pl.	ONGOING
Glasgow City Council	North Maryhill TRA Green Infrastructure	£1,450,000	270 North Of Shiskine Drive. 3618 2-80 Barrisdale Road. 3722 1-57 Barrisdale Road. 3954 2-64 Lyndale Rd. 3955 831-1201 Kilmun Street. 3956 84 - 214 Kilmun Street. 3957 Knowetap Street/ South Of Railway.	ONGOING
Midlothian Council	All Through Community Learning Campus Shawfair	£3,667,000	VR88 Monktonhall	ONGOING
North Ayrshire Council	The King’s Arms Irvine	£600,000	Not available	ONGOING
City of Edinburgh Council	Powderhall Housing-Led Regeneration	£1,400,000	EC102 Former Powderhall Waste Transfer Station	ONGOING
Clyde Gateway	Cuningar Loop Woodland Park Completion	£500,000	8441094 Cuningar Loop	ONGOING
Dumfries and Galloway Council	Annan Harbour Regeneration - Phase 1	£1,343,683	H400000004 Ministers Merse	ONGOING
Dundee City Council	Placemaking Lochee (DFM Budget Project)	£695,000	2183 Bright Sreet	ONGOING
East Dunbartonshire Council	Lennoxtown Community Greenspace Project	£472,952	5.BR3 Well Lane	ONGOING
Glasgow City Council	Milton Discovery Wood	£655,200	308 North of 118-154 Liddesdale Road	ONGOING
Glasgow City Council	Tureen Street School Conversion	£1,978,441	4371 Tureen St School	ONGOING
North Ayrshire Council	Kyle Road Phase 2 Development	£892,990	Not available	ONGOING
Renfrewshire Council	Ferguslie Green Line – Belltrees	£650,436	Not available	ONGOING
		£35,301,494

Question reference: S7W-02198

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a small proportion of total responses to the Scottish building regulations: fire safety review and compliance - call for evidence expressed support for BS 8414 (large-scale testing).

Question reference: S7W-02194

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available over winter to people who are not eligible for the Pension Age Winter Heating Payment as a result of reaching State Pension age after the qualifying week in September.

Eligibility for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) is determined in respect of the qualifying week in September as set out in regulations. Individuals who reach State Pension age after that week are not eligible for that year's payment.

Separately, there is support available through our Winter Heating Payment (WHP) for those in receipt of a qualifying low-income benefit; people who reach State Pension age following the PAWHP qualifying week may be eligible for WHP, for which the qualifying week is the first full week in November.

Support is also available through the Warm Home Discount, and we continue to invest in the Scottish Welfare Fund to help people facing financial crisis through the Crisis Grant and support people to establish independent living through the Community Care Grant.

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