- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) number and (b) percentage of domestic and non-domestic buildings taller than 11m have external wall systems with combustible insulation and/or cladding (i) in total and (ii) that required a BS 8414 certificate, and what work it has undertaken to establish centrally held estimates of these figures.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number and percentage of domestic and non-domestic buildings taller than 11m. The High Rise Inventory: Summary Report provides relevant information on external wall systems of domestic high rise buildings over 18m. Since 1 April 2021, local authorities have been requested to notify the Scottish Government when a BS 8414 fire test has been used to prove compliance with building regulations. To date, there have been no BS 8414 fire test reports notified to the government.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) consideration it has given to and (b) its position is on the pilot project in Burgenland, Austria, which allows people to be employed by the state to provide social care for their relatives.
Answer
Scottish Government is aware of the Burgenland pilot project which has been underway since 2019. We understand that 250 relatives providing care for family members have participated in the pilot in a population of 20,000 people in receipt of care allowance. We are also aware that the model will be evaluated over the coming months.
The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 outlines that individuals who choose to employ a Personal Assistant may employ family members where this is deemed appropriate, under certain circumstances. Joint COSLA and Scottish Government Covid-19 Self-directed Support guidance currently advises that consideration to employ family members on a temporary basis should be given, particularly if family members lose income as a result of taking on a caring role during the pandemic period.
The guidance is available on the Scottish Government website and is currently being updated: https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-self-directed-support/
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to amend part 3 of the Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 to allow more family members to be employed under self-directed support, in light of this being permitted under options 1 and 2 in Scottish Government and COSLA guidance on self-directed support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
The Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 set out that people in receipt of a direct payment, Option 1 of Self-directed Support, may employ family members where this is deemed appropriate in certain prescribed circumstances.
The supporting Covid-19: Guidance on Self-directed Support Option 1 and Option 2 does not relax any of the existing safeguarding measures in place when considering a family member as a Personal Assistant (PA). The guidance has been developed to re-inforce the flexibility already in place under existing SDS Regulations.
Local authorities should consider requests to employ family members on a case by case basis, taking into account the family member’s health, their capacity to provide the required care, and other welfare and wellbeing factors.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what statistics it (a) collects and (b) plans to start collecting on the time between an evicted household having their tenancy terminated and formally presenting as homeless.
Answer
The Scottish Government collects information on households who apply to Local Authorities for homelessness assessment. This includes information on reasons for homelessness, including evictions, but does not include information on the time between evicted households having their tenancy terminated and formally presenting to the local authority. There are currently no plans to assess the feasibility of collecting this data.
Not all evicted households experience homelessness and approach their local authority for help, and not all who do will necessarily be assessed as homeless.
Landlords and lenders are legally required to inform the relevant local authority when they take action that puts a household at risk of homelessness due to eviction by completing a Section 11 Notice. On receiving notification, the local authority should take the most pro-active approach possible to prevent homelessness occurring appropriate to the particular case.
All current Scottish Government Homelessness data collections, their guidance and the resulting publications can be found here .
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Shelter Scotland report, Understanding the True Cost of Evictions in Scotland.
Answer
We note the publication of Shelter Scotland’s Understanding the True Cost of Evictions in Scotland report and will study the details as part of our wider consideration of evidence around this area. We have reservations about the report’s treatment of rent arrears costs as part of the analysis and will engage with Shelter Scotland to gain an understanding of the work that has been carried out.
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that eviction for rent arrears is a last resort. A social landlord must have exhausted all attempts to resolve rent arrears with the tenant before taking action to evict. The Scottish Government and Social Landlords reaffirmed our joint commitment to supporting people to keep their homes and avoid eviction where tenants are struggling through no fault of their own to manage their rent in our Shared Statement: Social landlords working together with tenants to avoid evictions: https://www.gov.scot/publications/joint-working-on-evictions-social-housing-shared-statement/ published on 25 June 2021.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will spend on the media campaign to raise awareness of the new fire safety laws; how long it will run for, and what the estimated (a) total potential target audience and (b) reach of the campaign will be.
Answer
Part 1: Committed costs of the advertising to date total £435,162.73. Part 2: The campaign is planned to run from 19 August-26 September 2021 with a further burst of activity from 25 October-14 November 2021. Part 3 :The campaign target audience is all adults in Scotland and the campaign is forecast to reach 95.2% of those.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01472 by Michael Matheson on 10 August 2021, (a) how many and (b) what value of applications have been received for each local authority area in each of the last five years, also broken down by the total value of the loan offers that (i) it subsequently made and (ii) were not taken up.
Answer
The following tables give the volume and value of applications for each local
authority area in each of the last 5 years. This breaks down into applications,
subsequent offers, expired loans with accepted offers and loans not accepted
before expiry date.
Table 1: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in
2021-22 to end July
Local authority | Total applications | Total value applications | Total number of offers | Total offered value | Total expired committed loans (offer accepted) | Total value expired committed loans (offer accepted) | Total loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) | Total value loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) |
Aberdeen City Council | 28 | £196,068.68 | 32 | £216,045.60 | 0 | £0.00 | 7 | £46,265.69 |
Aberdeenshire Council | 117 | £1,168,773.88 | 113 | £1,136,741.67 | 0 | £0.00 | 11 | £90,860.30 |
Angus Council | 34 | £368,981.38 | 32 | £352,159.17 | 0 | £0.00 | 5 | £52,509.60 |
Argyll and Bute Council | 54 | £498,606.02 | 76 | £710,325.73 | 0 | £0.00 | 11 | £77,305.25 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 73 | £532,264.52 | 74 | £651,382.66 | 0 | £0.00 | 14 | £97,994.13 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 7 | £62,160.17 | 7 | £54,978.77 | 0 | £0.00 | 0 | £0.00 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 10 | £81,969.21 | 13 | £116,136.83 | 0 | £0.00 | 6 | £49,184.23 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 37 | £318,468.55 | 37 | £322,549.67 | 0 | £0.00 | 7 | £64,622.12 |
Dundee City Council | 13 | £90,065.00 | 11 | £122,281.12 | 0 | £0.00 | 2 | £38,377.09 |
East Ayrshire Council | 21 | £184,706.41 | 18 | £192,481.12 | 0 | £0.00 | 6 | £71,906.76 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 16 | £120,312.47 | 21 | £157,786.04 | 0 | £0.00 | 6 | £25,775.82 |
East Lothian Council | 28 | £235,759.74 | 29 | £252,574.90 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £10,000.00 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 13 | £113,280.00 | 13 | £90,786.28 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £7,945.70 |
Falkirk Council | 19 | £133,959.85 | 17 | £147,389.05 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £2,140.80 |
Fife Council | 61 | £514,116.91 | 70 | £571,066.87 | 0 | £0.00 | 11 | £81,654.25 |
Glasgow City Council | 36 | £199,214.38 | 30 | £171,726.39 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £10,500.00 |
Highland Council | 149 | £1,459,746.83 | 139 | £1,400,609.59 | 0 | £0.00 | 20 | £131,601.30 |
Inverclyde Council | 12 | £79,218.28 | 8 | £73,518.28 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £11,000.00 |
Midlothian Council | 17 | £142,258.77 | 11 | £106,300.99 | 0 | £0.00 | 0 | £0.00 |
Moray Council | 39 | £353,316.36 | 41 | £416,899.54 | 0 | £0.00 | 4 | £34,015.00 |
North Ayrshire Council | 24 | £202,807.32 | 22 | £182,774.23 | 0 | £0.00 | 2 | £14,987.59 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 17 | £124,276.30 | 16 | £129,045.00 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £35,000.00 |
Orkney Islands Council | 28 | £261,476.58 | 25 | £250,741.62 | 0 | £0.00 | 4 | £35,000.00 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 68 | £642,435.47 | 64 | £574,580.81 | 0 | £0.00 | 8 | £53,455.93 |
Renfrewshire Council | 12 | £122,972.90 | 28 | £242,662.95 | 0 | £0.00 | 7 | £42,400.00 |
Scottish Borders Council | 52 | £485,826.38 | 49 | £515,219.20 | 0 | £0.00 | 7 | £30,000.00 |
Shetland Islands Council | 18 | £197,190.50 | 25 | £251,124.35 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £25,262.98 |
South Ayrshire Council | 16 | £119,138.15 | 14 | £106,510.05 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £24,500.00 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 53 | £458,467.38 | 39 | £308,199.59 | 0 | £0.00 | 2 | £15,000.00 |
Stirling Council | 35 | £275,475.52 | 34 | £280,853.64 | 0 | £0.00 | 6 | £40,954.45 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 4 | £48,895.70 | 4 | £45,225.70 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £4,830.00 |
West Lothian Council | 15 | £106,930.30 | 21 | £186,594.15 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £25,801.60 |
Total | 1126 | £9,899,139.91 | 1133 | £10,337,271.56 | 0 | £0.00 | 168 | £1,250,850.59 |
Table 2: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2020/21
Local authority | Total applications | Total value applications | Total number of offers | Total offered value | Total expired committed loans (offer accepted) | Total value expired committed loans (offer accepted) | Total loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) | Total value loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) |
Aberdeen City Council | 79 | £411,398.42 | 58 | £331,795.92 | 1 | £10,000.00 | 7 | £38,048.99 |
Aberdeenshire Council | 160 | £1,479,464.98 | 136 | £1,250,801.73 | 1 | £10,000.00 | 6 | £56,910.00 |
Angus Council | 46 | £424,257.78 | 35 | £332,262.38 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £8,135.00 |
Argyll and Bute Council | 204 | £1,895,177.77 | 158 | £1,509,450.94 | 2 | £20,000.00 | 8 | £77,213.11 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 194 | £1,157,439.66 | 139 | £782,722.68 | 4 | £19,652.80 | 12 | £56,490.90 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 19 | £161,057.93 | 14 | £119,380.36 | 0 | £0.00 | 0 | £0.00 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 39 | £345,720.39 | 24 | £210,190.12 | 0 | £0.00 | 5 | £45,697.38 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 95 | £781,213.29 | 73 | £655,758.06 | 2 | £20,000.00 | 7 | £43,983.20 |
Dundee City Council | 23 | £147,948.36 | 15 | £83,676.17 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £5,000.00 |
East Ayrshire Council | 42 | £309,501.26 | 25 | £212,996.80 | 1 | £14,500.00 | 6 | £37,311.00 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 38 | £252,707.90 | 21 | £146,968.61 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £12,950.00 |
East Lothian Council | 52 | £418,072.67 | 45 | £393,863.34 | 1 | £10,000.00 | 5 | £39,754.67 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 26 | £170,853.67 | 15 | £127,972.92 | 0 | £0.00 | 0 | £0.00 |
Falkirk Council | 48 | £389,569.73 | 41 | £340,761.59 | 0 | £0.00 | 4 | £20,155.54 |
Fife Council | 163 | £1,257,274.68 | 109 | £892,245.48 | 2 | £12,918.85 | 6 | £34,230.00 |
Glasgow City Council | 135 | £584,874.06 | 82 | £383,251.43 | 2 | £15,999.00 | 11 | £49,327.69 |
Highland Council | 286 | £2,572,580.83 | 210 | £1,853,062.20 | 5 | £40,000.00 | 13 | £115,218.78 |
Inverclyde Council | 18 | £119,240.45 | 14 | £91,948.75 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £11,600.00 |
Midlothian Council | 28 | £174,797.97 | 20 | £139,660.97 | 1 | £5,000.00 | 0 | £0.00 |
Moray Council | 92 | £921,886.35 | 65 | £634,221.95 | 1 | £2,500.00 | 5 | £62,585.26 |
North Ayrshire Council | 78 | £699,170.49 | 69 | £662,228.50 | 0 | £0.00 | 5 | £50,000.00 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 49 | £310,843.58 | 35 | £213,761.54 | 1 | £6,600.45 | 4 | £30,732.70 |
Orkney Islands Council | 49 | £453,059.84 | 49 | £454,629.87 | 1 | £10,000.00 | 3 | £24,500.00 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 131 | £1,237,265.50 | 106 | £1,063,174.18 | 3 | £45,600.00 | 12 | £110,663.62 |
Renfrewshire Council | 48 | £379,673.02 | 24 | £200,982.87 | 0 | £0.00 | 4 | £24,370.17 |
Scottish Borders Council | 101 | £1,023,033.54 | 85 | £846,292.24 | 6 | £56,382.74 | 5 | £27,482.43 |
Shetland Islands Council | 50 | £435,615.69 | 36 | £330,577.15 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £25,000.00 |
South Ayrshire Council | 45 | £343,688.75 | 42 | £355,437.73 | 4 | £25,500.00 | 5 | £48,824.50 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 110 | £801,795.19 | 76 | £587,441.09 | 4 | £22,182.00 | 5 | £32,520.00 |
Stirling Council | 78 | £668,956.40 | 64 | £621,173.55 | 1 | £10,000.00 | 5 | £54,500.00 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 18 | £110,769.39 | 13 | £105,368.99 | 0 | £0.00 | 2 | £12,893.99 |
West Lothian Council | 61 | £472,960.62 | 42 | £353,119.42 | 2 | £20,000.00 | 4 | £34,829.15 |
Total | 2605 | £20,911,870.16 | 1940 | £16,287,179.53 | 45 | £376,835.84 | 160 | £1,190,928.08 |
Table 3: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2019-20
Local authority | Total applications | Total value applications | Total number of offers | Total offered value | Total expired committed loans (offer accepted) | Total value expired committed loans (offer accepted) | Total loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) | Total value loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) |
Aberdeen City Council | 79 | £339,933.96 | 52 | £218,378.90 | 6 | £20,262.00 | 1 | £3,126.00 |
Aberdeenshire Council | 157 | £1,239,788.95 | 126 | £1,064,304.62 | 9 | £94,177.87 | 6 | £25,100.00 |
Angus Council | 41 | £320,234.90 | 37 | £283,871.33 | 3 | £17,803.20 | 1 | £0.00 |
Argyll and Bute Council | 94 | £756,147.99 | 70 | £598,417.90 | 7 | £30,999.60 | 2 | £15,000.00 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 203 | £1,009,201.01 | 172 | £850,797.32 | 24 | £76,059.53 | 5 | £16,850.00 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 11 | £43,664.75 | 6 | £32,069.75 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £4,500.00 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 23 | £186,915.50 | 23 | £191,255.50 | 3 | £14,589.18 | 1 | £10,000.00 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 77 | £544,625.37 | 60 | £429,779.02 | 7 | £56,439.80 | 3 | £33,661.45 |
Dundee City Council | 38 | £156,126.41 | 31 | £140,203.28 | 5 | £25,017.57 | 0 | £0.00 |
East Ayrshire Council | 34 | £210,442.89 | 25 | £161,026.89 | 1 | £18,271.00 | 1 | £0.00 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 17 | £50,586.70 | 13 | £56,670.95 | 0 | £0.00 | 3 | £5,105.83 |
East Lothian Council | 63 | £454,643.64 | 47 | £331,028.01 | 4 | £42,102.98 | 3 | £8,500.00 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 10 | £69,622.13 | 6 | £24,168.17 | 0 | £0.00 | 0 | £0.00 |
Falkirk Council | 42 | £261,463.42 | 40 | £251,961.57 | 6 | £38,037.44 | 4 | £9,960.04 |
Fife Council | 116 | £723,448.47 | 101 | £698,045.56 | 7 | £29,724.49 | 4 | £19,900.00 |
Glasgow City Council | 117 | £463,566.68 | 90 | £357,947.93 | 5 | £19,599.86 | 6 | £22,500.00 |
Highland Council | 203 | £1,611,451.68 | 162 | £1,349,852.70 | 21 | £162,650.30 | 7 | £53,072.15 |
Inverclyde Council | 15 | £69,886.35 | 14 | £54,283.87 | 1 | £4,850.00 | 1 | £4,500.00 |
Midlothian Council | 24 | £144,170.90 | 18 | £106,750.90 | 1 | £10,000.00 | 2 | £12,900.04 |
Moray Council | 42 | £366,754.71 | 44 | £408,804.98 | 3 | £19,869.48 | 3 | £23,959.30 |
North Ayrshire Council | 75 | £571,806.98 | 58 | £504,231.82 | 4 | £24,975.00 | 1 | £14,500.00 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 29 | £189,011.28 | 27 | £181,493.69 | 2 | £13,000.00 | 1 | £0.00 |
Orkney Islands Council | 66 | £519,551.72 | 48 | £389,654.62 | 3 | £24,175.79 | 0 | £0.00 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 94 | £723,509.73 | 82 | £612,767.28 | 9 | £74,890.84 | 6 | £32,597.00 |
Renfrewshire Council | 42 | £239,892.76 | 37 | £221,512.60 | 6 | £36,254.12 | 1 | £4,500.00 |
Scottish Borders Council | 96 | £754,320.03 | 80 | £683,391.56 | 12 | £107,272.80 | 4 | £38,521.00 |
Shetland Islands Council | 30 | £245,321.35 | 20 | £163,979.79 | 0 | £0.00 | 1 | £14,000.00 |
South Ayrshire Council | 46 | £299,383.13 | 31 | £189,046.91 | 6 | £39,320.00 | 2 | £4,770.40 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 90 | £657,102.91 | 70 | £551,436.56 | 5 | £22,300.00 | 1 | £10,000.00 |
Stirling Council | 54 | £529,075.14 | 53 | £483,737.66 | 4 | £45,421.76 | 0 | £0.00 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 22 | £129,701.52 | 20 | £104,181.52 | 2 | £6,327.55 | 1 | £1,630.62 |
West Lothian Council | 68 | £373,623.90 | 56 | £334,339.33 | 6 | £40,109.00 | 3 | £12,500.00 |
Total | 2118 | £14,254,976.86 | 1719 | £12,029,392.49 | 172 | £1,114,501.16 | 75 | £401,653.83 |
Table 4: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2018/19
Local authority | Total applications | Total value applications | Total number of offers | Total offered value | Total expired loans | Total value expired loans | | |
Aberdeen City Council | 74 | £318,348.02 | 52 | £236,319.90 | 1 | £15,000.00 | | |
Aberdeenshire Council | 139 | £933,421.61 | 108 | £722,824.72 | 4 | £17,606.80 | | |
Angus Council | 61 | £338,973.64 | 50 | £307,197.81 | 1 | £10,000.00 | | |
Argyll and Bute Council | 91 | £631,003.31 | 72 | £518,187.88 | 1 | £10,000.00 | | |
City of Edinburgh Council | 220 | £809,625.07 | 168 | £608,490.57 | 9 | £27,093.25 | | |
Clackmannanshire Council | 18 | £109,975.09 | 15 | £91,218.46 | 2 | £6,065.00 | | |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 34 | £223,595.47 | 28 | £172,073.54 | 1 | £10,000.00 | | |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 83 | £558,830.63 | 53 | £384,598.91 | 2 | £20,000.00 | | |
Dundee City Council | 79 | £298,626.13 | 50 | £189,690.10 | 2 | £6,600.00 | | |
East Ayrshire Council | 44 | £201,286.23 | 34 | £184,404.51 | 2 | £12,270.00 | | |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 27 | £133,725.95 | 23 | £108,755.68 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
East Lothian Council | 47 | £261,249.86 | 40 | £204,678.06 | 1 | £2,850.00 | | |
East Renfrewshire Council | 21 | £92,039.73 | 18 | £90,474.73 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
Falkirk Council | 64 | £280,226.95 | 44 | £188,130.29 | 3 | £14,500.00 | | |
Fife Council | 177 | £1,081,377.88 | 150 | £893,350.52 | 9 | £58,014.83 | | |
Glasgow City Council | 170 | £621,085.06 | 107 | £389,148.40 | 6 | £28,230.00 | | |
Highland Council | 197 | £1,293,451.05 | 148 | £984,779.05 | 8 | £37,158.45 | | |
Inverclyde Council | 15 | £48,694.87 | 7 | £23,260.00 | 1 | £4,400.00 | | |
Midlothian Council | 35 | £127,570.57 | 31 | £135,801.00 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
Moray Council | 44 | £301,570.96 | 31 | £212,653.94 | 3 | £5,000.00 | | |
North Ayrshire Council | 77 | £443,738.34 | 60 | £341,357.45 | 2 | £18,995.00 | | |
North Lanarkshire Council | 78 | £304,370.20 | 53 | £186,131.27 | 1 | £525.00 | | |
Orkney Islands Council | 44 | £329,114.66 | 34 | £276,311.23 | 1 | £10,602.90 | | |
Perth and Kinross Council | 121 | £673,847.38 | 96 | £596,880.34 | 7 | £46,500.00 | | |
Renfrewshire Council | 54 | £235,476.83 | 38 | £147,480.07 | 2 | £8,562.40 | | |
Scottish Borders Council | 102 | £657,574.46 | 85 | £565,529.81 | 5 | £28,500.00 | | |
Shetland Islands Council | 25 | £150,705.93 | 19 | £133,145.93 | 1 | £8,023.56 | | |
South Ayrshire Council | 51 | £227,560.65 | 41 | £178,748.14 | 1 | £11,000.00 | | |
South Lanarkshire Council | 115 | £695,151.16 | 90 | £541,410.52 | 1 | £16,000.00 | | |
Stirling Council | 62 | £375,222.13 | 51 | £280,857.70 | 1 | £9,934.00 | | |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 16 | £63,091.99 | 8 | £35,737.07 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
West Lothian Council | 70 | £332,876.02 | 55 | £254,620.03 | 1 | £2,500.00 | | |
Total | 2455 | £13,153,407.83 | 1859 | £10,184,247.63 | 79 | £445,931.19 | 0 | £0.00 |
Table 5: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2017-18
Local authority | Total applications | Total value applications | Total number of offers | Total offered value | Total expired loans | Total value expired loans | | |
Aberdeen City Council | 68 | £213,324.78 | 43 | £131,957.78 | 1 | £3,288.00 | | |
Aberdeenshire Council | 92 | £422,890.79 | 73 | £343,361.97 | 1 | £0.00 | | |
Angus Council | 44 | £215,794.99 | 31 | £162,315.79 | 2 | £20,479.00 | | |
Argyll and Bute Council | 60 | £326,449.17 | 43 | £226,079.43 | 4 | £16,589.71 | | |
City of Edinburgh Council | 261 | £808,757.61 | 175 | £553,518.80 | 10 | £31,035.02 | | |
Clackmannanshire Council | 13 | £47,930.76 | 5 | £20,585.93 | 1 | £2,800.00 | | |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 31 | £122,627.26 | 13 | £61,897.08 | 1 | £0.00 | | |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 62 | £325,968.19 | 40 | £206,068.10 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
Dundee City Council | 72 | £195,328.06 | 47 | £140,243.42 | 1 | £0.00 | | |
East Ayrshire Council | 40 | £203,968.30 | 17 | £99,686.40 | 1 | £0.00 | | |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 28 | £84,681.05 | 16 | £47,031.07 | 3 | £4,500.00 | | |
East Lothian Council | 49 | £235,340.38 | 38 | £196,974.04 | 3 | £20,000.00 | | |
East Renfrewshire Council | 26 | £56,968.55 | 16 | £34,358.55 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
Falkirk Council | 61 | £225,199.48 | 39 | £143,129.01 | 2 | £7,267.20 | | |
Fife Council | 165 | £725,630.99 | 102 | £484,048.01 | 4 | £6,387.60 | | |
Glasgow City Council | 153 | £519,242.51 | 86 | £334,983.58 | 1 | £9,294.00 | | |
Highland Council | 180 | £969,778.71 | 120 | £711,774.80 | 5 | £19,935.65 | | |
Inverclyde Council | 22 | £88,182.62 | 10 | £59,394.12 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
Midlothian Council | 66 | £347,869.94 | 48 | £270,355.51 | 2 | £0.00 | | |
Moray Council | 42 | £212,500.90 | 27 | £160,041.99 | 2 | £22,750.00 | | |
North Ayrshire Council | 60 | £267,412.87 | 34 | £154,645.87 | 1 | £0.00 | | |
North Lanarkshire Council | 68 | £231,026.81 | 43 | £138,759.06 | 2 | £2,730.60 | | |
Orkney Islands Council | 20 | £120,407.64 | 13 | £69,511.89 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
Perth and Kinross Council | 91 | £577,765.28 | 55 | £345,679.02 | 1 | £12,500.00 | | |
Renfrewshire Council | 42 | £125,441.45 | 23 | £71,297.40 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
Scottish Borders Council | 70 | £429,908.77 | 50 | £329,551.46 | 5 | £24,616.78 | | |
Shetland Islands Council | 13 | £43,966.06 | 7 | £40,452.39 | 0 | £0.00 | | |
South Ayrshire Council | 43 | £183,918.85 | 24 | £136,970.17 | 4 | £30,000.00 | | |
South Lanarkshire Council | 101 | £461,895.85 | 61 | £290,264.39 | 4 | £17,872.45 | | |
Stirling Council | 45 | £230,866.53 | 35 | £183,388.24 | 1 | £0.00 | | |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 10 | £27,572.20 | 6 | £20,002.20 | 1 | £2,952.20 | | |
West Lothian Council | 60 | £248,569.85 | 37 | £157,263.84 | 3 | £10,000.00 | | |
Total | 2158 | £9,297,187.20 | 1377 | £6,325,591.31 | 66 | £264,998.21 | 0 | £0.00 |
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether Tenant Hardship Loan Fund debtors will have a right to convert their loan to a grant.
Answer
No, there is no right to convert a loan to a grant. The Tenant Hardship Loan Fund is an interest free loan paid to remove the risk of eviction. Debtors have demonstrated their ability to make loan repayments during the application process.
The tenant grant funding cannot be paid in advance of need and is based on a needs assessment by the local authority taking into account all the circumstances of an individual.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review unsuccessful Tenant Hardship Loan Fund applications for suitability to apply to the grant fund announced in June 2021 to support tenants struggling to pay their rent as a direct result of COVID-19.
Answer
No. The Tenant Hardship Loan Fund is administered separately on behalf of the Scottish Government. Where an applicant is unsuccessful they are provided with information on where they can get further advice and on alternative support available. The loan and the grant are not interchangeable.
The tenant grant funding cannot be paid in advance of need and is based on a needs assessment by the local authority taking into account all the circumstances of an individual.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 September 2021
As at 6 September, against a total of 1051 applications there have been 481 unsuccessful applications[1], representing 46% of total applications.
Within the unsuccessful applications there were 158 social rented sector tenants and 323 private rented sector tenants.
We do not hold a breakdown of unsuccessful applications by local authority although this information is gathered at initial application level in the following table.
| Number of applications per local authority |
| Local authority | Total | Social | PRS |
| #N/A | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Aberdeen City | 52 | 18 | 34 |
| Aberdeenshire | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| Angus | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Argyll & Bute | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Clackmannanshire | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| Dundee City | 57 | 19 | 38 |
| East Ayrshire | 46 | 22 | 24 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| East Lothian | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| East Renfrewshire | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 132 | 23 | 109 |
| Falkirk | 28 | 8 | 20 |
| Fife | 54 | 17 | 37 |
| Glasgow City | 179 | 74 | 105 |
| Highland | 23 | 4 | 19 |
| Inverclyde | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Midlothian | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Moray | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| North Ayrshire | 31 | 11 | 20 |
| North Ayshire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| North Lanarkshire | 52 | 22 | 30 |
| Orkney Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Perth & Kinross | 43 | 21 | 22 |
| Renfrewshire | 34 | 5 | 29 |
| Scottish Borders | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| Shetland Islands | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| South Ayrshire | 30 | 7 | 23 |
| South Lanarkshire | 51 | 17 | 34 |
| Stirling | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 27 | 12 | 15 |
| West Lothian | 39 | 22 | 17 |
| Total | 1051 | 368 | 683 |
[1] Includes 19 applications rejected because of non-eligibility for funding.
Answer
As at 3 August, against a total of 1009 applications there have been 458 unsuccessful applications, representing 45% of total applications.
Within the unsuccessful applications there were 153 social rented sector tenants and 305 private rented sector tenants.
We do not hold a breakdown of unsuccessful applications by local authority although this information is gathered at initial application level and is as follows:
Number of applications per local authority |
Local authority | Total | Social | PRS |
#N/A | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Aberdeen City | 52 | 18 | 34 |
Aberdeenshire | 27 | 14 | 13 |
Angus | 10 | 1 | 9 |
Argyll & Bute | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Clackmannanshire | 11 | 8 | 3 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 18 | 5 | 13 |
Dundee City | 53 | 18 | 35 |
East Ayrshire | 44 | 21 | 23 |
East Dunbartonshire | 3 | 1 | 2 |
East Lothian | 12 | 3 | 9 |
East Renfrewshire | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Edinburgh, City of | 127 | 23 | 104 |
Falkirk | 27 | 8 | 19 |
Fife | 52 | 15 | 37 |
Glasgow City | 171 | 71 | 100 |
Highland | 23 | 4 | 19 |
Inverclyde | 15 | 7 | 8 |
Midlothian | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Moray | 13 | 5 | 8 |
North Ayrshire | 31 | 11 | 20 |
North Ayshire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
North Lanarkshire | 46 | 17 | 29 |
Orkney Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Perth & Kinross | 42 | 21 | 21 |
Renfrewshire | 32 | 4 | 28 |
Scottish Borders | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Shetland Islands | 2 | 0 | 2 |
South Ayrshire | 30 | 7 | 23 |
South Lanarkshire | 51 | 17 | 34 |
Stirling | 10 | 5 | 5 |
West Dunbartonshire | 25 | 12 | 13 |
West Lothian | 39 | 22 | 17 |
Total | 1009 | 352 | 657 |
