Question reference: S6W-19891
- Date lodged: 11 July 2023
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Current status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 1 August 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent known number of affordable homes per head of population is in Scotland, and what information it has on how this compares with the number in (a) England and (b) Wales.
Answer
There are different types of affordable housing programmes and schemes in Scotland and across the UK, and statistics on stock levels for each of these different types are not readily available. Information is published on social sector housing stock levels across each of the countries.
The following table sets out information on the number of social rented dwellings compared to population figures, based on the latest available comparable year of data for 2020 from UK housing stock tables published by the Office for National Statistics.
This shows that the 608,000 social sector dwellings in Scotland in 2020 equates to 1,112 dwellings per 10,000 population, higher than the equivalent per head of population figures of 729 in England and 726 in Wales in the same year.
Table on social rented dwellings compared to population figures, for latest comparable year | |||
Country | Social Sector dwellings, 2020 | Mid-year population, 2020 | Social Sector dwellings per 10,000 population |
Scotland | 608,000 | 5,466,000 | 1,112 |
England | 4,121,000 | 56,550,138 | 729 |
Wales | 230,000 | 3,169,586 | 726 |
Sources: | |||
Dwelling stock by tenure, UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) | |||