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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-02088

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: 5 August 2021 Registered interest
  • Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 August 2021

Question

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish an update to the report, Housing statistics: Empty properties and second homes.


Answer

The current published set of annual statistics on the number of Long Term Empty Properties and Second Homes, based on Council Tax Base data as at September 2020, were published in the Housing Statistics Quarterly Update in December 2020, and are available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-scotland-quarterly-update/ , with detailed local authority level Excel tables covering the period from 1996 to 2020 available at Housing statistics: Empty properties and second homes - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

The next set of annual statistics as at September 2021 are due to be published as part of the Housing Statistics Quarterly Update in December 2021. An exact publication date will be pre-announced no later than 4 weeks in advance, in line with the Statistics Code of Practice, on the Scottish Government website: Official statistics: Official statistics: forthcoming publications - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .