- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27361 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, what contributions have been made to the Home Insulation Scheme by (a) external bodies, including local authorities, power companies through the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target or other means and (b) housing associations, broken down by value.
Answer
Details are as follows:
External Body | Amount |
Local councils | £1,234,8781 |
Energy companies (through Carbon Emissions Reduction Target) | £1,700,0002 |
Housing Associations | £0 |
Scottish Government “loans | £1,000,0003 |
Scottish Government “ Energy Assistance Package Social Sector for insulation works | £87,000 |
Notes:
1. Based on returns from local councils. Includes cash estimates of in-kind contributions.
2. Energy suppliers consider the amount of their spending to achieve their obligations under the CERT to be commercially confidential. Based on the assumptions on costs for measures provided by DECC, it is estimated that energy suppliers provided in the region of £1.7 million investment through CERT towards the cost of measures provided under the 2009-10 HIS programme.
3. Scottish Government allocated £1 million for loan funding in HIS areas which is being promoted as part of the HIS offer. This is additional to the HIS 2009-10 budget.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27367 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, how many households were eligible to receive reduced-cost insulation measures under the Home Insulation Scheme in the areas selected for 2009-10 and what proportion of households in those areas this represented.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-38535 on 25 January 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27371 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, whether it achieved its target date for insulating all homes eligible under the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10 and, if so, to what minimum standard these homes were insulated and by what date the work was completed.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-38532 on 25 January 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-27376 and S3W-27375 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, what additional external partners were selected to help deliver the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10.
Answer
Home Insulation Scheme Area | Successful Bidder |
Glasgow/ South Lanarkshire | Solas |
Edinburgh | EAGA/ Scottish Power |
Stirling | EAGA/ Scottish Power |
Fife | EAGA/ Scottish Power |
Dundee | Miller Pattison |
Angus | Miller Pattison |
Highland 1 | Miller Pattison |
Highland 2 | Miller Pattison |
Western Isles | Miller Pattison |
Orkney | Insta Group |
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27386 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, how many installations have been carried out under the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
The Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) provides intensive promotion of a range of energy efficiency programmes and related support to householders on the door-step in specific areas to assist in tackling climate change and fuel poverty and increase Carbon Emissions Reduction Target investment in Scotland. In addition to insulation measures, HIS ensures that households in targeted areas are also systematically offered:
Energy efficiency advice linked to Home Energy Checks;
Benefits and tariff checks to increase incomes and tackle fuel poverty (through the Energy Assistance Package (EAP))
Heating systems and other measures (through EAP, where households are eligible)
Interest free loans for more expensive energy efficiency measures, for example, in hard to treat properties.
There were 14,416 installations of Home Insulation Scheme insulation measures in the period to 5 December 2010. Reports providing an overview of all Home Insulation Scheme activity, including referrals to other programmes and support are published monthly on the Energy Saving Trust website at http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27379 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, in what areas the Universal Home Insulation Scheme will be deployed in 2010-11 and what proportion of the population resides in those areas.
Answer
Participating areas were announced on 6 October 2010. Details are as follows:
Local Authority | Properties | Area |
Aberdeen City | 8,700 | Torry, Nigg and Cove |
Aberdeenshire | 5,590 | Fraserburgh |
Argyll and Bute | 2,345 | Milton and Ardenslate, Dunoon |
Dundee | 727 | Watson Street, Wellgate, Crescent Lane, Hilltown West |
East Ayrshire | 5,500 | Rural West Kilmarnock |
East Dunbartonshire | 3,000 | Within East Dunbartonshire (to be targeted via thermal imaging) |
East Lothian | 6,100 | Musselburgh |
East Renfrewshire | 1,789 | Barrhead, Busby, Clarkston, Giffnock, Neilston, Thornliebank |
Edinburgh | 5,920 | Tollcross |
Eilean Siar | 10,450 | Lewis and Harris |
Falkirk | 3,000 | Stenhousemuir, Larbert and Rural North Falkirk |
Fife | 24,000 | Dunfermline |
Glasgow | 6,740 | Dennistoun and Kelvindale |
Highland | 12,458 | Badenoch & Strathspey, East Sutherland and Edderton and Skye |
Inverclyde | 2,000 | Upper Port Glasgow |
Midlothian | 506 | Pathhead |
Moray | 260 | Forres |
North Ayrshire | 4,443 | Stevenston |
North Lanarkshire | 564 | Salsburgh |
Renfrewshire | 9,462 | Paisley (south) |
Orkney | 25 | Westray, Sanday, Stronsay, Eday, Rousay, Shapinsay, Hoy, Ronaldsay |
Perth and Kinross | 6,000 | Highland Perthshire |
Scottish Borders | 5,967 | Tweedale |
South Ayrshire | 4,963 | Annbank, Coylton, Mossblown, Tarbolton, Dundonald, Loans and Symington |
South Lanarkshire | 4,240 | Various “ based on specific property types |
Stirling | 2,431 | Cultenhove, Cowie, Fallin, Raploch |
West Dunbartonshire | 2,145 | Alexandria |
Total | 139,325 | |
The number of participating properties is around 6% of the Scottish housing stock.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27388 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, how much complementary investment was secured for publicity and promotion of the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10.
Answer
The £15 million budget for the Home Insulation Scheme was used to support a first phase of activity covering 95,000 houses in 10 local authority areas, together with a second phase of activity covering a further 85,000 houses in additional areas within those 10 local authority districts. Based on information provided by these local authorities, complementary investment of £76,593 was provided by local authorities for publicity and promotion of these schemes. This includes local authorities'' own estimates of the cash value of support that was provided in-kind.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have had insulation measures installed that were (a) fully and (b) partly paid for under the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10.
Answer
The breakdown is as follows :
(a) 10,581 households had at least one insulation measure installed that was fully paid for under the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS).
(b) 3,020 households had at least one insulation measure installed that was partly paid for under HIS.
These figures are based on delivery as at 5 December 2010, within HIS areas funded from 2009-10 budgets. A household may have had both a partly paid and a fully paid measure installed; if so, the household will be counted in both of the above figures.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27381 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, what proportion of contributions toward the cost of insulation measures in rented accommodation under the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10 was received from (a) tenants and (b) landlords.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
No client contribution is required for loft insulation top-ups provided under the Home Insulation Scheme. In the case of virgin loft and cavity wall insulation, if the tenant of a private landlord is within a priority group under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) scheme then no client contribution is required.
Client contributions are required for virgin loft and cavity wall insulation measures where the household is not in a priority group under CERT. These contributions are collected by installers and while a sample of payments is checked for audit purposes information on the extent of client contributions is not systematically collected from installers by the managing agent.
The anticipation is that private landlords will normally pay any financial contribution towards the cost of insulation measures in cases where such a contribution is required. However, the tenant would be given the option to pay this contribution if the landlord refused to do so.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27367 by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009, how many households were eligible to receive free insulation measures under the Home Insulation Scheme in the areas selected for 2009-10 and what proportion of households in those areas this represented.
Answer
All private sector households in Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) areas are eligible to receive free loft insulation top-ups. Households will be offered such insulation if their homes require it and are suitable to take this measure.
Eligibility for virgin loft and cavity wall insulation within HIS areas is determined by the UK Government''s Carbon Emissions Reductions Target (CERT) scheme. Under that scheme, households assessed as priority are generally eligible for free virgin loft and cavity wall insulation. Some households in larger properties may be asked to pay a charge for excess meterage. Households are priority under CERT if they are in receipt of certain benefits or over 70 years of age. Other households are assessed as able to pay and therefore eligible for measures at reduced cost. Households will be offered such insulation if their homes require it and are suitable to take this measure.
Based on analysis of activity in HIS areas supported under Scottish Government 2009-10 budgets, approximately 38% of households in those areas would be assessed as priority under CERT criteria, with the remaining 62% regarded as being able to pay. On a pro-rata basis, this would indicate that approximately 70,000 households in HIS areas would be assessed as a priority case under CERT, with the remaining 110,000 households being classed as able to pay for these measures.
These figures should be regarded as a rough estimate only as it is not known whether or not the profile of households that engaged and is reflected in this analysis is fully representative of the household profile in the area as a whole.