Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index (SSHTPI) quarterly report: June 2024

Information on the Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index (SSHTPI) and Quarterly Report for June 2024.


Background

  • the index has fallen in each of the last three quarters and in 4Q 2023 to 2024 is 13.1% below its peak in 1Q 2023 to 2024
  • the 2Q 2023 to 2024 figure is now firm and is based on a sample of 22 projects and shows a fall of 3.7% compared with 1Q 2023 to 2024
  • the 3Q 2023 to 2024 figure is still provisional based on 22 projects and may be subject to revision
  • underlying construction costs of labour, materials, and plant, as measured by the BCIS General Building Cost Index, rose 0.9% quarter-on-quarter in 4Q 2023-2024 and by 3.4% compared with the same quarter a year earlier
  • over the year to 4Q 2023-2024 underlying inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), rose by 3.6%

Table 1: SSHTPI Quarterly Index

Published index base 1985 = 100

Financial quarter notes: 1Q = first quarter April to June; 2Q = second quarter July to September; 3Q = third quarter October to December; 4Q = fourth quarter January to March.

Calendar quarter

Financial quarter

Index value

Sample size

Status

4Q 2016

3Q 2016-2017

257

22

Firm

1Q 2017

4Q 2016-2017

262

53

Firm

2Q 2017

1Q 2017-2018

273

7

Firm

3Q 2017

2Q 2017-2018

288

20

Firm

4Q 2017

3Q 2017-2018

280

36

Firm

1Q 2018

4Q 2017-2018

271

45

Firm

2Q 2018

1Q 2018-2019

276

22

Firm

3Q 2018

2Q 2018-2019

284

22

Firm

4Q 2018

3Q 2018-2019

288

38

Firm

1Q 2019

4Q 2018-2019

292

48

Firm

2Q 2019

1Q 2019-2020

292

22

Firm

3Q 2019

2Q 2019-2020

298

31

Firm

4Q 2019

3Q 2019-2020

303

42

Firm

1Q 2020

4Q 2019-2020

299

36

Firm

2Q 2020

1Q 2020-2021

292

6

Firm

3Q 2020

2Q 2020-2021

294

20

Firm

4Q 2020

3Q 2020-2021

304

22

Firm

1Q 2021

4Q 2020-2021

312

24

Firm

2Q 2021

1Q 2021-2022

322

7

Firm

3Q 2021

2Q 2021-2022

321

11

Firm

4Q 2021

3Q 2021-2022

331

26

Firm

1Q 2022

4Q 2021-2022

355

23

Firm

2Q 2022

1Q 2022-2023

362

16

Firm

3Q 2022

2Q 2022-2023

386

17

Firm

4Q 2022

3Q 2022-2023

386

23

Firm

1Q 2023

4Q 2022-2023

402

20

Firm

2Q 2023

1Q 2023-2024

409

22

Firm

3Q 2023

2Q 2023-2024

395

22

Firm

4Q 2023

3Q 2023-2024

372

22

Provisional

1Q 2024

4Q 2023-2024

362

10

Provisional

Source: Scottish Government

Note: The quarterly index is a smoothed, trimmed geometric mean of the normalised project index (see note on calculation).

Table 2: SSHTPI Location Indices

Calendar quarter 1Q 2024 (January to March), Financial quarter 4Q 2023-2024 (January to March), Publication quarter 2Q 2024 (April to June)

Location Code

Location

Index Value

Sample Size

Status

M

Mainland

100

311

Provisional

MA

Scottish Borders

132

7

Provisional

MB

Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Falkirk

91

16

Provisional

MC

Dumfries and Galloway

106

9

Provisional

MD

Fife

93

27

Provisional

ME

Aberdeenshire and Moray

103

41

Provisional

MF

Aberdeen City

71

6

Provisional

MG

Highland

113

35

Provisional

MH

West Coast

96

12

Provisional

MJ

City of Edinburgh

98

9

Provisional

MK

Lothian

96

41

Provisional

ML

City of Glasgow

79

14

Provisional

MM

Ayrshire

103

22

Provisional

MN

Glasgow Environs

86

30

Provisional

MP

South Lanarkshire

109

7

Provisional

MQ

Dundee City

108

8

Provisional

MR

Angus, Perth and Kinross

93

27

Provisional

Z

Island

103

21

Provisional

ZA

Orkney Islands

92

7

Provisional

ZB

Shetland Islands

130

7

Provisional

Note: the location indices are calculated over 15 quarters and are based on the Scottish mean = 100 (See note on calculation). Sample sizes <=4 they are not included in Table 2.

Contact

Jeff Bell

Email: Jeff.Bell@gov.scot

Rosemary Craig

Email: Rosemary.Craig@gov.scot

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