Question reference: S6W-06770
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 24 February 2022
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to Falkirk Council for housing in each year from 2000-01 to 2020-21, and how much it projects it will provide in each year from 2023-24 to 2025-26.
Answer
The following table shows the Scottish Government funding provided to the Falkirk Council area in each year from 2000-01 to 2020-21, and specifically within that, the funding provided directly to Falkirk Council to deliver council homes:
Financial Year | Total Spend Falkirk Council Area | Falkirk Council Spend on Council Homes |
(£m) | (£m) | |
2000-01 | 2.992 | 0.000 |
2001-02 | 2.532 | 0.000 |
2002-03 | 2.142 | 0.000 |
2003-04 | 0.919 | 0.000 |
2004-05 | 0.879 | 0.000 |
2005-06 | 1.894 | 0.000 |
2006-07 | 4.350 | 0.000 |
2007-08 | 4.063 | 0.000 |
2008-09 | 4.966 | 0.000 |
2009-10 | 9.139 | 0.000 |
2010-11 | 5.865 | 0.000 |
2011-12 | 3.511 | 2.400 |
2012-13 | 4.900 | 1.992 |
2013-14 | 6.729 | 3.821 |
2014-15 | 4.835 | 2.116 |
2015-16 | 4.142 | 2.315 |
2016-17 | 5.917 | 4.077 |
2017-18 | 6.321 | 4.125 |
2018-19 | 6.872 | 4.524 |
2019-20 | 9.531 | 5.484 |
2020-21 | 11.142 | 4.033 |
Total | 101.241 | 34.887 |
With regard to future funding, the Scottish Government has allocated Resource Planning Assumptions for the full five-year period 2021-22 to 2025-26, and the following table sets out the funding allocated to the Falkirk Council area:
Financial Year | Resource Planning Assumption (£m) |
2021-22 | 14.601 |
2022-23 | 12.586 |
2023-24 | 12.550 |
2024-25 | 12.594 |
2025-26 | 12.802 |
Total | 65.133 |