Scotland has the highest number of affordable homes per head of population than the rest of the UK, it has been revealed.

According to figures from the SNP, Scotland had 13.9 homes per 10,000 of the population in 2021/22, compared to 9.7 in England and 8.0 in Wales.

Natalie Don, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, said: "Scotland is leading the way in building affordable homes, and I welcome the fact that, since the SNP took office, over 124,000 social and affordable homes have been delivered across the country.

"The SNP has also gone further than any other government to safeguard affordable council homes by scrapping the Right to Buy in 2016; protecting over 15,000 council homes from sale over a 10-year period."

She said in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde, more than 5,000 high-quality affordable homes have been built since 2007, with 845 completed in 2022/23.

The SNP Government, she added, has committed to a further 110,000 affordable homes by 2032. Of these, at least 70% will be for social rent and 10% in Scotland’s rural and island communities.

In comparison, the Scottish Labour, MSP Don said, built six council houses over four years during their last government.

She said: “Everyone deserves a warm, safe and affordable place to live, especially with the additional pressures of the cost of living crisis, and the SNP’s record of delivery here underline the Scottish Government’s commitment to tackle homelessness.

“Whilst the decisions of the Tory UK Government continue to put pressure on Scottish households, and Labour offer nothing but regressive U-turns, the SNP is showing what progressive government looks like, getting on with the day job and building a new Scotland.”