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Question reference: S7W-02302

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-26978 by Paul McLennan on 7 May 2024 and S6W-42254 by Mairi McAllan on 15 December 2025, how (a) much funding has been spent through the National Acquisition Programme and (b) many social homes have been delivered in each local authority area in the year 2025-26.

In 2025-2026 a total of £118.426 million was spent and a total of 1,683 affordable homes were delivered through acquisitions. The following table provides a breakdown of these figures by local authority area.

Table 1: Acquisition Funding

Local Authority Area	Total Spend (£m)	Total Homes Delivered	Of Which Social Rented	Targeted £80m only spend	Targeted £80m only Homes	Of Which Social rented
Aberdeen City	0.083	11	10	0.083	11	10
Aberdeenshire	1.195	12	12	0.155	2	2
Angus	0.920	15	15	0.184	3	3
Argyll & Bute	0.413	9	9	0.241	4	4
City of Edinburgh	28.816	374	374	28.816	374	374
Clackmannanshire	2.572	20	20	0.302	6	6
Dumfries & Galloway	0.067	2	2	0.067	2	2
Dundee City	0.845	20	20	0.845	18	18
East Ayrshire	4.599	65	65	0.209	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	0.336	4	4	0.336	4	4
East Lothian	3.312	45	33	0.746	7	7
East Renfrewshire	1.359	21	21	0.866	11	11
Falkirk	4.605	81	81	1.246	19	19
Fife	5.761	76	76	4.436	62	62
Glasgow City	20.462	129	129	19.495	35	35
Inverclyde	0.056	12	12	0.081	6	6
Midlothian	4.255	44	44	2.401	27	27
Moray	1.050	15	15	0.174	3	3
na Eilean Siar	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0
North Ayrshire	0.976	11	11	0.134	4	4
North Lanarkshire	6.634	196	196	1.538	33	33
Orkney Islands	1.781	18	18	0.388	4	4
Perth & Kinross	6.136	143	143	0.105	2	2
Renfrewshire	1.465	42	42	0.346	10	10
Scottish Borders	0.630	12	10	0.238	5	5
Shetland Islands	1.279	0	0	0.000	0	0
South Ayrshire	1.803	38	38	0.503	8	8
South Lanarkshire	7.220	136	136	3.286	80	80
Stirling	1.058	20	15	0.826	6	1
The Highland Council	3.494	55	40	1.322	16	16
West Dunbartonshire	1.799	41	41	0.629	11	11
West Lothian	3.444	16	16	2.301	16	16
Total	118.426	1683	1648	72.298	789	783

Please note:

The figures are local authority and housing association acquisitions only.

These figures do not include voids.

Inverclyde spend figure includes a receipt.

Figures are based on management information and may be subject to update.

Due to the way the Affordable Housing Supply Programme operates, grant payments can be drawn down across multiple financial years. As a result, expenditure in any given year does not necessarily correspond to the number of homes completed in the same year, as homes are only recorded as complete once the entire project has concluded.

We will continue to provide updates on delivery through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme as part of the published quarterly housing statistics.