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Written Question · S2W-24691 · Session 2

What proportion of the total housing stock in Scotland was affordable housing in each year since 1996, broken down by local authority area.

Answered Asked by Stewart Stevenson SNP Lodged 24 Mar 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the total housing stock in Scotland was affordable housing in each year since 1996, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 Apr 2006 · 33 days after it was lodged, 1 day after it was due

The following tables give theavailable information on local authority and housing association stock as a percentageof the total housing stock for Scotland and by local authority area in each year since 1996.Information is not available by local authority area on housing association stockfor 31 March 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Local Authority and HousingAssociation Stock at 31 March as a Percentage of Total Housing Stock


| Local Authority Stock as a Percentage of Total Stock
| Local Authority and Housing Association Stock as a Percentage of Total Stock

1996
| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005

Aberdeen City
| 31
| 30
| 29
| 32
| 31
| 30
| 29
| 29
| 28
| 27

Aberdeenshire
| 19
| 19
| 18
| 20
| 20
| 19
| 19
| 18
| 18
| 17

Angus
| 23
| 22
| 21
| 26
| 26
| 25
| 24
| 23
| 23
| 22

Argyll and Bute
| 18
| 17
| 16
| 21
| 21
| 20
| 21
| 20
| 19
| 18
|

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-24691 by reference.