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Meeting of the Parliament 23 March 2016

23 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
New Homes
Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights
Burgess, Margaret SNP Cunninghame South Watch on SPTV

As I have said on a number of occasions, house building rates in Scotland have been consistently higher in each and every year since 2007. The 336 homes built per 100,000 population in Scotland compare with 237 built per 100,000 population in England and 207 homes per 100,000 population in Wales. In percentage terms, that means that over the 2007-08 to 2014-15 period, the rate of building in Scotland has been 42 per cent higher than in England and 62 per cent higher than in Wales.

In the same item of business

6. Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP) SNP
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have been built per head of population since 2007. (S4O-05701)
The Minister for Housing and Welfare (Margaret Burgess) SNP
Under this Government, over the 2007-08 to 2014-15 period, an average of 336 new homes per 100,000 population have been built in Scotland per year across all...
Graeme Dey SNP
How does that figure compare to England and Wales?
Margaret Burgess SNP
As I have said on a number of occasions, house building rates in Scotland have been consistently higher in each and every year since 2007. The 336 homes buil...