Local Authority Housing Income and Expenditure 2005-06 to 2007-08

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Table 10 Rent Arrears as a percentage of standard rental income

AUTHORITY

Rent arrears as at 31.12.05 £m

Standard Rental Income 2005-06 £m

Rent arrears as a percentage of 2005-06 standard rental income

Number of Current tenants with Arrears as at 31.12.05

Number of Former tenants with Arrears as at 31.12.05

Aberdeen City

6.8

57.17

11.9

7,581

5,615

Aberdeenshire

1.0

30.78

3.2

5,248

2,453

Angus 1

0.8

17.54

4.3

1,923

514

Argyll & Bute

0.4

13.34

2.9

1,504

871

Clackmannanshire

0.8

11.95

6.4

1,171

640

Dundee City

2.0

37.46

5.5

5,414

1,019

East Ayrshire

0.9

32.00

2.8

3,357

1,240

East Dunbartonshire 1

0.5

10.86

4.8

1,916

881

East Lothian

1.1

16.18

6.5

2,152

1,032

East Renfrewshire

0.2

7.58

3.0

683

771

Edinburgh City of

3.0

61.86

4.8

6,349

1,741

Eilean Siar, Comhairle nan

0.2

4.49

5.4

375

61

Falkirk

1.0

40.18

2.4

2,742

855

Fife

3.3

74.80

4.4

8,312

2,522

Highland

3.3

37.70

8.8

5,302

2,939

Inverclyde 2

3.3

23.45

14.1

..

..

Midlothian

1.0

12.00

8.3

2,114

696

Moray

0.5

11.59

3.9

1,367

346

North Ayrshire

0.8

31.21

2.6

4,220

1,610

North Lanarkshire

1.6

95.63

1.7

8,721

7,435

Orkney Islands

0.0

1.68

1.8

138

17

Perth & Kinross

0.6

17.42

3.6

1,376

812

Renfrewshire

2.2

37.32

5.9

4,217

1,340

Shetland Islands

0.1

5.02

2.7

359

101

South Ayrshire

0.7

20.04

3.6

1,580

505

South Lanarkshire

2.1

65.72

3.2

5,012

3,271

Stirling

1.0

14.35

6.9

1,586

780

West Dunbartonshire

1.5

27.74

5.4

3,382

2,372

West Lothian 1

0.7

32.61

2.3

4,941

801

SCOTLAND

41.5

849.7

4.9

93,042

43,240

AUTHORITY

Rent arrears as at 31.03.07 £m

Standard Rental Income 2006-07 £m

Rent arrears as a percentage of 2006-07 standard rental income

Number of Current tenants with Arrears as at 31.03.07

Number of Former tenants with Arrears as at 31.03.07

Aberdeen City

7.1

59.45

11.9

6,635

5,214

Aberdeenshire

1.6

31.43

5.1

3,926

2,043

Angus

1.1

17.27

6.6

2,055

545

Clackmannanshire

0.8

12.18

6.8

1,878

789

Dundee City

1.4

37.21

3.7

5,452

249

East Ayrshire

1.0

31.86

3.1

4,173

1,201

East Dunbartonshire

0.8

9.97

8.0

1,142

696

East Lothian

1.1

15.98

6.7

1,980

1,044

East Renfrewshire

0.3

7.37

3.8

864

664

Edinburgh City of

2.9

63.19

4.6

5,345

2,519

Falkirk

1.5

39.99

3.8

4,951

812

Fife

2.6

74.89

3.5

7,334

1,393

Highland

2.9

37.65

7.7

4,676

3,454

Inverclyde 2

2.7

22.75

11.8

..

..

Midlothian

1.1

12.73

8.3

1,885

455

Moray

0.3

11.64

2.9

948

295

North Ayrshire

1.0

32.38

3.2

3,847

893

North Lanarkshire

1.4

96.14

1.5

9,345

5,783

Orkney Islands

0.0

1.70

1.3

89

90

Perth & Kinross

0.8

17.63

4.7

1,769

846

Renfrewshire

2.1

37.73

5.5

3,830

1,200

Shetland Islands

0.1

4.99

2.7

328

77

South Ayrshire

0.7

20.27

3.5

1,389

785

South Lanarkshire

2.2

65.99

3.3

6,408

2,018

Stirling

0.7

14.27

5.0

1,433

602

West Dunbartonshire

2.4

27.88

8.5

2,928

1,725

West Lothian

0.4

32.81

1.3

3,237

1,094

SCOTLAND

41.1

837.32

4.9

87,847

36,486

Source: Rent Arrears returns by local authorities to the Scottish Executive Development Department: Analytical Services Division (Housing Statistics)
1. Data estimated from 2003 due to outstanding returns
2. Data estimated from 2004 due to outstanding returns

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