A series of Freedom Of Information Requests to the party to Scotland’s 32 local authorities have revealed that at least 103,732 children are on social housing waiting lists. Over 10,000 children in Glasgow alone are waiting to be housed.

The true figure will be even higher as one council – West Dunbartonshire Council – did not respond to the party’s FOI request.

In total, more than 300,000 people are on social housing waiting lists with over 36,000 in Glasgow on the local authority’s list.

Shadow social justice, housing and local government secretary Miles Briggs has described the figures as a “disgrace” and said they “completely expose” the Scottish Government’s failure to build enough affordable homes across Scotland.

Mr Briggs has also criticised ministers for slashing over £160 million from the housing budget in cash terms, while a further £177m was cut from the budget designed to invest money in building more homes.

He added that it “should be a source of shame” for the nationalist coalition that such a large number of children – and people generally – are suffering on social housing waiting lists.

Miles Briggs MSP said: “These figures are an absolute disgrace and wholly unacceptable.

“It should be a source of shame for SNP-Green ministers that over 100,000 Scottish children are currently on social housing waiting lists and the figure will be even higher with one council not responding.

“They completely expose the SNP-Green government’s failure to build enough affordable homes for people and families across Scotland. Typically the rhetoric regarding housebuilding has been good from ministers, but they have been miles off matching that when it has come to delivery.

“Communities across Scotland are facing a housing crisis and we are seeing precious little in the way of action from the SNP-Green government to tackle it.

“Overall over 300,000 people are on the waiting list for social houses in our country which is a truly scandalous state of affairs.”