- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason 43 times fewer central heating systems have been installed as part of the Energy Assistance Package compared with the central heating programme.
Answer
Unlike the central heating programme, the Energy Assistance Package is a holistic approach to tackling fuel poverty that addresses both the home and householder and includes services to maximise income, reduce fuel bills and improve energy efficiency. Stage 4 of the package offers a menu of enhanced physical measures to groups most likely to be fuel poor including central heating.
The programme of installations under Stage 4 of the Energy Assistance Package is progressing, but work is also continuing to complete the installations that are a legacy of the central heating programme. The total number of installations for the year up to 30 September is 4,225. Any comparison of total annual figures should await the end of the first year of the programme.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for central heating system installation for applicants who qualify for Stage Four of the Energy Assistance Package, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Energy Assistance Package is a holistic approach to tackling fuel poverty that addresses both the home and householder and includes services to maximise income, reduce fuel bills and improve energy efficiency. Stage 4 of the package offers a menu of enhanced physical measures to groups most likely to be fuel poor including central heating.
For those where Stage 4 measures have already been undertaken, the average waiting time from application to installation under the Energy Assistance Package was 77 days. This information is not broken down on a local authority basis.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems, excluding legacy central heating programme installations, were installed as part of the Energy Assistance Package by the end of September 2009, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Energy Assistance Package is a holistic approach to tackling fuel poverty that addresses both the home and householder and includes services to maximise income, reduce fuel bills and improve energy efficiency. Stage 4 of the package offers a menu of enhanced physical measures to groups most likely to be fuel poor including central heating.
Applications referred to Stage 4 of the Energy Assistance Package are considered for heating installations, but it may be appropriate to undertake other measures. Heating systems installed through Stage 4 are given in the following table.
Heating Installations Undertaken under Stage 4 of the Energy Assistance Package at 30 September, by Local Authority
| Aberdeen City | 10 |
| Aberdeenshire | 4 |
| Angus | 10 |
| Argyll and Bute | 7 |
| Clackmannanshire | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 7 |
| Dundee City | 30 |
| East Ayrshire | 10 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 8 |
| East Lothian | 5 |
| East Renfrewshire | 10 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 40 |
| Eilean Siar | 0 |
| Falkirk | 16 |
| Fife | 31 |
| Glasgow City | 37 |
| Highland | 5 |
| Inverclyde | 15 |
| Midlothian | 9 |
| Moray | 7 |
| North Ayrshire | 9 |
| North Lanarkshire | 47 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 14 |
| Renfrewshire | 23 |
| Scottish Borders | 6 |
| Shetland Islands | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 18 |
| South Lanarkshire | 32 |
| Stirling | 8 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 6 |
| West Lothian | 2 |
| All Scotland | 429 |
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have received the Stage Three package of standard insulation measures under the Energy Assistance Programme, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The measures that can be provided under Stage 3 comprise cavity wall insulation and loft insulation if there is less than 60mm present. The following table provides the numbers of households who have chosen to receive cavity wall insulation and / or loft insulation under Stage 3, up to 30 September, by local authority.
| | Cavity Wall Installs | Loft Installs |
| Aberdeen City | 1 | 8 |
| Aberdeenshire | 2 | 38 |
| Angus | 3 | 13 |
| Argyll and Bute | 4 | 12 |
| Clackmannanshire | 2 | 4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 15 | 38 |
| Dundee City | 1 | 10 |
| East Ayrshire | 13 | 15 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 17 | 11 |
| East Lothian | 5 | 10 |
| East Renfrewshire | 16 | 14 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 24 | 10 |
| Eilean Siar | 0 | 0 |
| Falkirk | 8 | 14 |
| Fife | 34 | 32 |
| Glasgow City | 17 | 24 |
| Highland | 11 | 50 |
| Inverclyde | 3 | 7 |
| Midlothian | 4 | 6 |
| Moray | 1 | 10 |
| North Ayrshire | 11 | 9 |
| North Lanarkshire | 19 | 30 |
| Orkney Islands | 0 | 0 |
| Perth and Kinross | 9 | 30 |
| Renfrewshire | 18 | 23 |
| Scottish Borders | 3 | 8 |
| Shetland Islands | 0 | 0 |
| South Ayrshire | 13 | 20 |
| South Lanarkshire | 19 | 37 |
| Stirling | 9 | 8 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 6 | 6 |
| West Lothian | 11 | 12 |
| All Scotland | 299 | 509 |
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to increase the number of central heating systems installed as part of the Energy Assistance Package.
Answer
The Energy Assistance Package is a holistic approach to tackling fuel poverty that addresses both the home and householder and includes services to maximise income, reduce fuel bills and improve energy efficiency. Stage 4 of the package offers a menu of enhanced physical measures to groups most likely to be fuel poor including central heating.
As a new package, it would be premature to expect many Stage 4 installations to have been completed by this point in the year. However, work is on-going to stimulate demand. Recent marketing activities have already increased the rate of enquiries, including applications from households who have then been referred to Stage 4 of the Package.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason there is a four to six-month wait in Dumfries and Galloway for a boiler to be installed in a household that has qualified for Stage Four of the Energy Assistance Package.
Answer
The majority of eligible applicants in Dumfries and Galloway have been waiting for no more than three months, although some have been waiting longer. There may be several reasons for a delay in installation, other than simple pressures of demand, such as the need for improvements to the existing infrastructure, particularly where customers request a change in fuel.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems were installed as part of the central heating programme in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not available because reporting of the central heating programme was analysed by postcode area, not by local authority. For the years in question, please see this web page
http://www.chwdp-scottishexecutive.co.uk/statistics/chp_prevyear.php.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what its criteria are for classifying a school as refurbished or rebuilt.
Answer
Each authority provides information to the Scottish Government on which of their schools have been refurbished or rebuilt for the School Estate Statistics. A school is recorded as having been substantially refurbished where total expenditure exceeds £500,000 for a primary school and £1,000,000 for a secondary or special school.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 27 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which primary school in Dumfries and Galloway was rebuilt or substantially refurbished in 2008-09, as stated in Table 4 of the School Estate Statistics 2009.
Answer
The primary school in Dumfries and Galloway rebuilt or substantially refurbished in 2008-09, as stated in Table 4 of the School Estate Statistics 2009, was Kelloholm School.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 27 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway were rebuilt or substantially refurbished in 2008-09, as stated in Table 4 of the School Estate Statistics 2009.
Answer
The secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway rebuilt or substantially refurbished in 2008-09, as stated in Table 4 of the School Estate Statistics 2009 were Annan Academy, Douglas Ewart High School and Sanquhar Academy.
