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Owners of tenements are responsible for the cost of work to repair their own homes. Where owners own a flat in a tenement they share responsibility for work required to common parts of the building.

Local authorities have broad discretionary powers to provide assistance to home owners who have difficulty in paying for repairs. funding for housing activities is included in the general capital and revenue grants provided to local authorities, and the allocation to housing is at the discretion of the local authority, subject to local resources and priorities.

Where an owner is unable or unwilling to pay for their share of common works the local authority has discretionary power to pay the missing share, make a charge against the property, and recover it in instalments. A registered social landlord can pay, and recover, a missing share, if they own property in a tenement. The Scottish Government is also currently piloting an equity loan scheme in eight local authority areas, which can be used to help home owners fund repairs.

The Scottish Government allocated a private sector housing grant to local authorities up to 2009-10. Details of the amounts allocated to each local authority between 2007-08 and 2009-10 are provided in the written response to Parliamentary Question reference S3W-24571, answered on 11 June 2009.

From 2010-11 funding for housing activities is included in the general capital and revenue grants provided to local authorities, and the allocation to housing is at the discretion of the local authority.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

Urgent scheduled care will continue to be carried out within private hospitals where agreed under the COVID-19 Strategic Framework, unless it is deemed unsafe to do so. The only circumstance where this will be the case is if infection prevention and control measures cannot be adhered to and the risk of COVID-19 is greater than the risk to surgery. The following link to the Framework provides further detail on the new guidance: https://www.gov.scot/publications/covid-19-scotlands-strategic-framework/pages/10/

Officials are currently working towards relaunching the consultation on the implementation of the proposed guidance on the provision of wheelchairs on short term loan this month. It is expected that the consultation will last for approximately three weeks, and following collation and analysis of the responses the final guidance will be issued for immediate effect.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-32527 on 11 November 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-32527 on 11 November 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

The Scottish Government holds no information.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-32527 on 11 November 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-32527 on 11 November 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

There is no direct legal power or duty for the Water Industry Commission for Scotland to set a minimum income requirement for Scottish Water. Water Industry Commission for Scotland has a duty to promote the interests of current customers and have due regard to the interests of future customers. If Scottish Water were not to raise the full amount of charges allowed for under the draft determination, future customers would face higher charges, less resilient services and pay a disproportionate contribution to the costs of transitioning to net-zero emissions. Water Industry Commission for Scotland considers that setting an expectation for the required revenue by the end of the regulatory control period in this manner will guide Scottish Water and safeguard[s] the interests of future customers.

As Scottish Water’s economic regulator, Water Industry Commission for Scotland sets expectations and/or targets for Scottish Water as part of its determination of charges. This is a key element of the regulatory framework and the relationship between Scottish Water and its economic regulator.