Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What steps he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing.”
Tabled: 21 March 2023Answered: 27 March 2023
Asked by
Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrat — Bath
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Ian Murray)
Following the spring statement, it was confirmed that the block grant for Scotland this year was a record £50 billion. That was no thanks to the SNP and Reform, which both voted against that massive funding boost for Scotland and want to scrap the Barnett formula that delivered it. Despite that record funding, the SNP still has no plan to get waiting lists down, when one in six Scots are stuck on an NHS waiting list and the educational attainment gap is growing by the day.