Housing
Scottish Parliament Written answers, 27 October 2009
John Wilson (Scottish National Party) | Question S3W-27933
To ask the Scottish Executive what the management costs are per housing unit as a percentage of rental income for (a) housing associations and (b) local authorities.
Alex Neil (Scottish National Party)
(a) The latest available data are for 2007-08. During this year, management and maintenance administration costs as a percentage of gross rent receivable for registered social landlords were 36%.
(b) The latest available data are for 2008-09. During this year, supervision and management costs as a percentage of gross rent from houses for local authorities were 27%. These data are available on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/HRATables.
Registered social landlords and local authorities report their financial information in different returns to the Scottish Housing Regulator and the Scottish Government respectively, and accounting practices differ between the two sectors. Thus, while the figures reported above are closely related, they may not be directly comparable.