What the total estimated cost is of meeting the Scottish Housing Quality Standard by 2015 in respect of local authority owned housing stock…

I have asked Angiolina Foster Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:
Local authoritiesthat have submitted Standard Delivery Plans (SDPs), setting out how they will achievethe Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS), plan to invest approximately £1.94billion by 2015. This figure is in 2004-05 prices and is based on individual localauthorities’ interpretations of the Standard and assessment of investment needs.
The breakdown of plannedSHQS investment by local authority is as follows:
Local Authority
| Total Expenditure to Meet SHQS
(£000)

Aberdeen City Council
| 210,752

Aberdeenshire Council
| 115,084

Angus Council
| 10,405

Clackmannanshire Council
| 15,307

Dundee City Council
| 133,760

East Ayrshire Council
| 91,759

East Dunbartonshire Council
| 38,019

East Lothian Council
| 131,485

East Renfrewshire Council
| 40,191

Falkirk Council
| 124,796

Fife Council
| 200,420

Midlothian Council
| 34,534

Moray Council
| 7,382

North Ayrshire Council
| 147,474

North Lanarkshire Council
| 237,317

Orkney Islands Council
| 5,066

Perth and Kinross Council
| 53,729

Shetland Islands Council
| 6,777

South Ayrshire Council
| 65,712

South Lanarkshire Council
| 213,000

West Lothian Council
| 55,350

Total Expenditure
| 1,941,328


Local authoritiesthat have transferred their stock to housing associations (Glasgow, Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, Eilean Siar and Argyll and Bute),or that are in the process of doing so (Inverclyde) are not required to submit anSDP. Stirling, Renfrewshire, Highland, Edinburgh and West Dunbartonshire Councilsare currently developing t