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Written Question · S6W-17025 · Session 6

How much funding has been allocated through the (a) Scottish Empty Homes Partnership and (b) Empty Homes Loan Fund in each year since it wa…

Answered Asked by Miles Briggs Con Lodged 4 Apr 2023

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated through the (a) Scottish Empty Homes Partnership and (b) Empty Homes Loan Fund in each year since it was launched, broken down by local authority.

The answer

Answered by Paul McLennan on 20 Jun 2023 · 77 days after it was lodged, on time

Local authority
Scottish Empty Homes Partnership*
Empty Homes Loan Fund **
Aberdeen City Council
£49,400
Nil
Aberdeenshire Council
Nil
Nil
Angus Council
Nil
£120,000
Argyll & Bute Council
£56,217
Nil
The City of Edinburgh Council
£57,000
Nil
Clackmannanshire Council
Nil
£75,000
Comhairle Eilean Sair
£38,403
£155,000
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Nil
Nil
Dundee City Council
£30,000
Nil
East Ayrshire Council
Nil
£250,000
East Dunbartonshire Council
Nil
Nil
East Lothian Council
Nil
£150,000
East Renfrewshire Council
Nil
Nil
Falkirk Council
Nil
£100,000
Fife Council
Nil
£150,000
Glasgow City Council
Nil
£700,000
Highland Council
£50,715
£400,000
Inverclyde Council
Nil
£370,000
Midlothian Council
Nil
£125,000
Moray Council
Nil
£150,000
North Ayrshire Council
Nil
£200,000
North Lanarkshire Council
Nil
Nil
Orkney Islands Council
£36,900
Nil
Perth & Kinross Council
Nil
£350,000
Renfrewshire Council
Nil
Nil
Scottish Borders Council
£41,646
£150,000
Shetland Islands Council
Nil
Nil
South Ayrshire Council
Nil
Nil
South Lanarkshire Council
£58,040
Nil
Stirling Council
Nil
Nil
West Dunbartonshire Council
Nil
£300,000
West Lothian Council
Nil
£150,000
*it has not been possible to break this down by financial year.
**Angus, Glasgow, West Lothian, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire were paid in 12-13, Moray & Perth and Kinross were paid in 14/15 and all of the remaining loan payments were made in 13-14.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-17025 by reference.