Question reference: S6W-10241
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 August 2022 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff have been (a) trained and (b) allocated to deal with applications for the Home Owners' Support Fund, in each of the last six years.
Answer
The following table shows how many staff have been allocated to the Home Owners Support Fund in recent years. Staff are fully trained and highly experienced and levels have been sufficient to meet demand for the Fund.
Financial Year | Number of HOSF Staff |
2015-16 | * |
2016-17 | 6 |
2017-18 | 5 |
2018-19 | 3 |
2019-20 | 3 |
2021-22 to present day | 4 |
* No figure for this year