- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to (a) Cunninghame, (b) Irvine and (c) Trust Housing Associations for the construction of new housing in each year from 2011-2012 to 2021-22, and how much it will provide to each of these housing associations in each year from 2022-23 to 2025-26.
Answer
The following table shows the actual funding provided to Cunninghame, Irvine and Trust Housing Associations between 2011-12 to 2020-21, and planned funding levels for 2021-22, through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) to deliver affordable homes. The AHSP supports delivery of new build homes, rehabilitation projects, conversions and off-the-shelf purchases of both new and second hand homes.
Figures for future years planned investment by housing associations have not been agreed. Each Local Authority prepares and publishes its Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs) annually, setting out their strategic priorities for affordable housing over a 5 year period. SHIPs for the period 2021-26 currently published by local authorities, may include information relating to housing projects for these associations which have been identified as priorities.
Funding provided through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme to Cunninghame, Irvine and Trust Housing Associations 2011-12 to 2021-22*
Year | Cunninghame | Irvine | Trust | Total (£m) |
2011-12 | 3.855 | - | - | 3.855 |
2012-13 | 2.309 | 2.654 | 1.043 | 6.006 |
2013-14 | 3.677 | - | 0.643 | 4.32 |
2014-15 | 1.948 | - | 0.045 | 1.993 |
2015-16 | 2.984 | - | - | 2.984 |
2016-17 | 12.404 | - | - | 12.404 |
2017-18 | 14.298 | 0.227 | 0.747 | 15.272 |
2018-19 | 13.272 | 5.114 | 3.149 | 21.535 |
2019-20 | 15.814 | 1.495 | 3.139 | 20.448 |
2020-21** | 18.601 | 1.804 | 0.897 | 21.302 |
2021-22 (planned) | 20.712 | 7.913 | - | 28.625 |
Total (£m) | 109.87 | 19.207 | 9.663 | 138.74 |
*Figures exclude any funding for adaptations
**Funding for 2020-21 will be confirmed in the Annual Out-turn Report for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme which will be published around the end of the calendar year
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to North Ayrshire Council for the construction of new council housing in each year from 2011-2012 to 2021-22, and how much it will provide in each year from 2022-23 to 2025-26.
Answer
he Scottish Government Council House Build Programme was introduced in April 2009, the aim being to incentivise local authorities to build new homes. This was the first such central government support to councils in a generation.
The following table shows the funding provided to North Ayrshire Council through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) for council house building since 2011-2012 to 2021-22.
Financial Year | Funding provided through the AHSP £m |
2011-12 | 1.070 |
2012-13 | 0.929 |
2013-14 | 1.827 |
2014-15 | 3.756 |
2015-16 | 1.613 |
2016-17 | 6.255 |
2017-18 | 5.169 |
2018-19 | 7.640 |
2019-20 | 13.175 |
2020-21 | *15.768 |
2021-22 | *6.973 |
Total | 64.175 |
*Funding for 2020-21 will be confirmed in the Annual Out-turn Report for the Affordable Housing Supply Programme which will be published around the end of the calendar year.
*Funding for 2021-22 is based on planned investment.
The Resource Planning Assumptions for all local authority areas have been published for 2021 - 2026 and can be found here
https://www.gov.scot/publications/affordable-housing-resource-planning-assumptions-to-councils-2021-2022-to-2025-2026/.
Figures for future years planned council house build investment, have not been agreed however North Ayrshire Council’s current Strategic Housing Investment Programme (SHIP) for 2021-2026 which sets out their strategic priorities for affordable housing over a 5 year period, is available on their website (link attached) Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2021 - 2026 (north-ayrshire.gov.uk) . This document is reviewed annually and we are currently awaiting their Strategic Housing Investment Programme (SHIP) for 2022/2027. It should be noted that the SHIP is a moveable document and planned figures are subject to change throughout the course of a financial year.
A more comprehensive annual breakdown by local authority and programme type, including expenditure, is made available each year in the published Scottish Government Affordable Housing Supply Programme Out-turn Reports.
Out-turn reports can be accessed using the following link: https://www.gov.scot/policies/more-homes/affordable-housing-supply/ .
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 5 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will contribute to housing associations, on average, in the current financial year for the construction of each new house that they build, and what the range of funding support is per house based on their size and type.
Answer
It is for individual housing associations to determine the amount of grant that they require to apply for in order for a project to be financially viable. We are therefore unable to say how much the Scottish Government will contribute to housing associations – on average – in the current financial year for each new house that they build, and what the range of funding support will be per house based on their size and type.
However, Annual Out-turn Reports relating to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme are published around the end of each calendar year and, as well as providing background information on the planning, delivery and scope of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, these include various out-turn tables in respect of spend, along with the number of approvals, site starts and completions, broken down by local authority, in the preceding financial year. The Out-turn Reports also include a table showing the average total cost per home and the average grant per home. These are the actual costs relating to the delivery of the projects within the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, calculated at tender approval stage.
The information to be included within the AHSP Out-turn Report for 2020-21 is currently being collated, but the Out-turn Report in respect of 2019-20 is available on the Scottish Government website.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the UK Budget.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when work will begin constructing the roundabouts and flyover planned for the junctions of the A737, B706 and B777.
Answer
With the statutory procedures completed, Transport Scotland is progressing through the necessary governance approval procedures that require to be completed before any procurement process for the A737 Improvements at Beith project could begin. Once this process is complete, The Transport Minister will write to the member with an update on plans for delivery of the project.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the next round of the Scottish Crown Estate Net Revenue Allocation Scheme will be (a) determined and (b) dispersed.
Answer
The next round of allocations will be confirmed and dispersed to local authority areas this Autumn.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated financial cost as a result of the increase in gas prices will be for (a) NHS Scotland, (b) local authorities and (C) all other areas of the public sector.
Answer
NHS bodies, Local Authorities and other public sector bodies that use Scottish Government’s national collaborative framework for the Supply of Natural Gas will see no increase in price this financial year to their wholesale cost of gas. The cost of wholesale gas was fixed in April 2021 and will remain unchanged this financial year. Information is not held centrally for those public bodies that do not use the national collaborative framework.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much the increase in employers' national insurance payments will have on (a) the NHS, (b) local government and (c) all other parts of the public sector in Scotland.
Answer
Our initial estimates are that the increase in employer National Insurance contributions will result in the following costs:
(a) NHS - £67 million
(b) Local Government - £31 million
(c) Other parts of public sector - £53 million
Combined these come to an initial cost estimate of £151 million across the public sector in Scotland.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will contribute towards the £170 million regeneration works to support investment in site infrastructure at the North Shore area of Ardrossan, which includes a new community campus, harbour and marina improvements, international marine science centre and residential and business developments.
Answer
The Scottish Government welcomes this regeneration and infrastructure investment in North Ayrshire, which will improve the wellbeing of the community and help to deliver long term inclusive growth for Ardrossan and wider North Ayrshire.
The Ardrossan harbour re-development project at its current stage of development is estimated to cost between £35-£40million. The final cost will not be known until the tender and procurement stages have been undertaken and a contractor appointed. A significant contribution has been sought from the Scottish Government and discussions with Peel Ports Group continue. We remain committed to a solution at Ardrossan that can be delivered in a cost effective way reflecting the needs of all of the partners involved.
Through the Ayrshire Growth Deal the Scottish Government have committed to invest £9.5 million in the Marine Tourism project which will be centred in Ardrossan. The project will develop the essential infrastructure to support marine tourism including the provision of a major extension to Ardrossan Marina. The International Marine Science and Environment Centre, while also included in the Growth Deal, will funded be by the UK Government and the regional partners.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2021
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how its policies and actions across government will support Ayrshire’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2021
