Whether it is monitoring Her Majesty's Government's pilot schemes for the establishment of Arms Length Housing Companies to increase invest…

Answered Asked by Murray Tosh Con Lodged 9 Jan 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring Her Majesty's Government's pilot schemes for the establishment of Arms Length Housing Companies to increase investment in local authority housing; whether it intends to commission any research on the use of Arms Length Housing Companies, and whether it plans to identify any pilot schemes for the use of Arms Length Housing Companies to increase investment in local authority housing.

The answer

Answered by Margaret Curran on 1 Feb 2002 · 23 days after it was lodged, 9 days after it was due

A number of councils in England are in the process of setting up arms length housing management companies to support capital investment in council housing. There are currently no plans to establish such companies in Scotland.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-21617 by reference.