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Monday 14 December 2015 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Communities Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (Scottish Liberal Democrats): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27521 by John Swinney on 29 September 2015, what discussions it has had regarding changes to the NHS Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 since the answer was provided. Holding answer issued: 1 December 2015 (S4W-28463) John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-28458 on 2 December 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) unoccupied wheelchair-accessible properties there are and (b) people are on a waiting list for wheelchair-accessible property in each local authority area. (S4W-28660) Margaret Burgess: The information is not held by the Scottish Government. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide additional financial support to people with muscle-wasting conditions to pay for home adaptations to meet their accessibility requirements. (S4W-28661) Margaret Burgess: The Scottish Government provides a range of support for individuals who need home adaptations. Direct financial support is provided through Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), the Help to Adapt pilot and self-directed support: During the current financial year £10 million is available to RSLs to carry out housing adaptations that will help their tenants live safely and independently at home. The Help to Adapt pilot is a Scottish Government scheme designed for homeowners over 60 who need an adaptation now or in the near future. They can apply for a loan of up to £30,000 by using the equity in their home. All the paperwork and adaptations will be organised for them by the Link Group who are the appointed managing agents for the pilot. The scheme is not intended to replace the Scheme of Assistance. Under self-directed support, an individual’s personal support budget can be used for adaptations in certain circumstances. In addition, Scottish Government general funding to local authorities supports them in providing funding through their Schemes of Assistance. Local authorities must provide assistance by way of grant for most work to adapt homes to meet the needs of disabled people, other than for home extensions. In 2014-15, 6,487 Scheme of Assistance grants totalling £22.3 million were paid to householders for disabled adaptations. The Scottish Government is also supporting other initiatives to improve the provision of adaptations: Adapting for Change – in 2012 the independent Adaptations Working Group recommended fundamental changes to the existing tenure based systems for adaptations. We are taking forward the group’s recommendations for a more personalised and tenure neutral approach. To test the viability of this approach, and as recommended by the working group, work is underway in five demonstration sites: Aberdeen; Scottish Borders; Falkirk; Fife and Lochaber. The test sites will continue until the end of 2016-17 when they will be evaluated and the evidence used to inform consultation with stakeholders and thereafter to shape new guidance. Home2Fit is a database developed by the Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living with funding from the Scottish Government; this national register of accessible housing helps disabled people to more easily find suitably adapted and accessible housing. The Scottish Government provides funding support to Care and Repair Scotland and Housing Options Scotland, organisations that work to help older and disabled people meet their housing needs. Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to each (a) local authority and (b) housing association in each local authority area to pay for home adaptations to meet the accessibility requirements of disabled people in each year since 2007-08. (S4W-28662) Margaret Burgess: a) Local authorities fund adaptations to their own stock from the Housing Revenue Account. Funding for adaptations to owner occupied and private rented properties is part of the block grant made available to local authorities by the Scottish Government. b) The Scottish Government does not collect the information on adaptations funding provided to each housing association (Registered Social Landlord (RSL)) by local authority area. Table 1 provides details of adaptations funding provided to each RSL for the period 2007-08 to 2010-11. Table 2 provides funding to each RSL from the period 2011-12 until 2014-15. Table 1: Stage 3 Adaptations programme – spend by RSL: 2007-08 to 2010-11 Registered Social Landlord 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (£) (£) (£) (£) Abbeyfield Black Isle Society 2,130 0 0 0 Abbeyfield Inverness Society 2,536 0 0 0 Abbeyfield Kyles of Bute Society 15,428 0 0 0 Abbeyfield Rutherglen Society 0 0 0 113,325 Abbeyfield Scotland 0 0 59,340 103,664 Aberdeenshire Housing Partnership 5,118 37,497 19,499 23,279 Abertay Housing Association 105,379 184,772 94,991 237,206 Abronhill Housing Association 29,918 8,915 18,105 15,225 Albyn Housing Society 158,080 86,128 96,393 101,335 Almond Housing Association 121,637 109,926 117,691 211,342 Angus Housing Association 117,356 128,486 102,649 76,371 Antonine Housing Co-Operative 13,509 33,361 37,533 14,493 Ardenglen Housing Association 30,931 28,937 39,707 21,331 Argyll Community Housing Association 237,100 218,927 321,000 200,000 Ark Housing Association 44,553 57,265 54,099 30,500 Arklet Housing Association 58,805 13,361 24,715 28,873 Atrium Homes 55,873 43,703 55,311 75,418 Ayrshire Housing 117,936 69,288 14,977 144,868 Ayrshire North Community Housing 27,831 20,055 0 13,335 Barony Housing Association 16,632 18,047 5,245 31,784 Barrhead Housing Association 103,776 33,000 32,565 28,273 Bellsmyre Housing Association 54,762 46,003 27,612 26,461 Berwickshire Housing Association 128,887 129,382 102,305 61,725 Bield Housing Association 753,104 599,537 575,186 471,909 Blairtummock Housing Association 31,130 14,353 17,244 10,240 Blochairn Housing Co-Operative 14,161 9,079 9,757 10,087 Bowerswell Memorial Homes 0 0 9,290 0 Bridgewater Housing Association 20,487 59,000 50,001 34,000 Broomhouse Housing Association (1986) 596 21,160 4,770 0 Buidheann Tigheadas Loch Aillse 66,245 46,267 55,183 34,602 Cadder Housing Association 0 45,753 1,335 30,419 Cairn Housing Association 244,813 291,254 306,863 214,223 Calvay Co-Operative 18,644 12,116 25,705 10,890 Cassiltoun Housing Association 15,542 37,530 37,774 22,450 Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association 294,114 250,575 269,905 281,335 Table 1: Stage 3 Adaptations programme – spend by RSL: 2007-08 to 2010-11 Registered Social Landlord 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (£) (£) (£) (£) Castlehill Housing Association 96,355 109,408 88,506 74,397 Cathcart and District Housing Association 7,370 10,881 11,321 7,783 Cernach Housing Association 10,747 19,062 19,349 29,977 Charing Cross Housing Association 15,472 24,658 14,962 24,932 Cloch Housing Association 83,961 41,000 75,511 42,000 Clyde Valley Housing Association 124,998 168,348 88,710 77,524 Clydebank Housing Association 49,116 40,117 72,526 40,343 Clydesdale Housing Association 84,991 36,000 70,540 41,797 Copperworks Housing Co-Operative 13,834 7,088 13,145 0 Cordale Housing Association 23,894 31,587 16,089 15,878 Craigdale Housing Association 5,036 3,087 12,393 4,661 Cube Housing Association 152,983 257,404 153,826 79,024 Cumbernauld Housing Partnership 60,318 45,000 30,000 0 Cunninghame Housing Association 93,902 52,817 89,916 68,069 Dalmuir Park Housing Association 32,630 9,236 18,391 12,610 Drumchapel Housing Co-Operative 39,660 37,497 19,233 33,644 Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership 662,809 447,658 450,504 376,026 Dunbritton Housing Association 34,239 25,902 65,164 39,821 Dunedin Canmore Housing Association 131,915 93,644 105,066 85,685 East Kilbride and District Housing Association 144,926 20,681 34,467 100,040 East Lothian Housing Association 117,174 48,716 47,485 118,986 Easthall Park Housing Co-Operative 8,175 15,202 20,810 12,489 Eildon Housing Association 90,652 64,842 64,305 40,700 Elderpark Housing Association 47,152 40,179 50,558 41,032 Faifley Housing Association 13,554 14,795 13,162 9,935 Fairfield Housing Co-Operative 29,613 13,269 37,873 9,895 Ferguslie Park Housing Association 65,166 26,000 30,022 23,559 Fife Housing Association Limited 82,469 56,144 89,987 93,001 Forgewood Housing Co-Operative 18,393 21,377 10,218 10,679 Forth Housing Association 29,238 12,909 20,941 24,549 Fyne Homes 118,805 50,780 119,455 39,999 Gardeen Housing Co-Operative 7,315 16,331 28,595 9,930 Garrion People's Housing Co-Operative 33,512 10,687 14,364 14,878 Glasgow West Housing Association 22,665 30,288 24,386 18,374 Glen Housing Association 27,936 13,890 37,608 22,942 Glen Oaks Housing Association 35,960 46,427 34,389 47,843 Govan Housing Association 32,058 38,520 45,055 38,236 Govanhill Housing Association 30,003 50,413 52,386 51,235 Grampian Housing Association 99,022 103,445 273,949 67,254 Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association 622,896 530,389 603,469 490,637 Hawthorn Housing Co-Operative 4,126 11,947 3,229 5,330 Hebridean Housing Partnership 200,903 145,429 285,413 82,797 Hillcrest Housing Association 124,046 81,895 196,257 180,204 Hillhead Housing Association 2000 34,304 48,233 32,968
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