- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23532 by Alex Neil on 12 May 2009, what proportion of the work under the Home Insulation Scheme in 2009-10 is expected to cover hard-to-treat properties.
Answer
Households living in hard-to-treat properties will be assisted under the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) through the provision of energy audits, benefits advice and social tariff checks. Figures for the number of such properties assisted will not be available until HIS delivery has begun and monitoring and evaluation has taken place. However, HIS will focus on the delivery of insulation measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation and for this reason we have selected areas which offer greater potential for these measures.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23503 by Alex Neil on 13 May 2009, whether publicity and promotion for the Home Insulation Scheme announced in the 2009-10 budget has begun and, if not, when it will begin.
Answer
Marketing of the Home Insulation Scheme is due to begin in late September 2009 to raise awareness within the participating areas. A publicity campaign will launch in early November and will last for the duration of the first phase, until 31 March 2010.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23530 by Alex Neil on 12 May 2009, how many households will be 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 represents.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27367 on 24 September 2009. 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, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23517 by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009, how many households are expected to have insulation measures installed in 2009-10 that will be partly paid for under the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
At this stage, it is not possible to estimate how many households will have insulation measures installed under the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) that will be partly paid for. When HIS is fully underway and data is being collected for monitoring and evaluation purposes it will be possible to provide more informed estimates.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23542 by Alex Neil on 12 May 2009, what the terms will be for the significant loan measure on home insulation announced during the budget process 2009-10, specifically in relation to eligibility of both applicants and measures, repayment mechanisms and any process for repaid funds to be made available to future applicants to the scheme.
Answer
Details on the Scottish Government''s forthcoming household energy efficiency loans scheme shall be announced later this year.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23521 by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009, which additional external partners have been selected to help deliver the Home Insulation Scheme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27375 on 24 September 2009. 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, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23527 by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009, whether it has a target date by which it aims to have insulated all homes eligible under the Home Insulation Scheme and, if so, to what minimum standard and by what date.
Answer
Our target date for completion of door-step assessments of all eligible homes under the first phase of the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) is 31 March 2010 with delivery of insulation in all suitable homes where owners want it by that date, or shortly thereafter. The Energy Saving Trust, as managing agent, will work with delivery partners to ensure that these measures are installed to a high standard. Monitoring of the quality of the measures installed will be a feature of HIS.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23515 by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009, in which areas the Home Insulation Scheme will be deployed in 2010-11 and what proportion of the total population resides in those areas.
Answer
The areas in which the Home Insulation Scheme will be deployed in 2010-11 have not yet been selected.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23529 by Alex Neil on 11 May 2009, what proportion of the £15 million allocated to the Home Insulation Scheme will be spent on (a) insulation materials, (b) labour costs to install insulation, (c) publicity and promotion and (d) administration.
Answer
It is estimated that the cost of the development, implementation, administration and marketing, including publicity and promotion, of the Home Insulation Scheme, by the managing agent for the scheme, the Energy Saving Trust, will be approximately £5.5 million. This funding will provide for a combination of direct delivery of services, including doorstep visits, data collection and tailored energy advice to up to 100,000 households, and management of the delivery of energy efficiency measures by third parties.
The bulk of the remaining funding has been allocated for the provision of energy efficiency measures which will include the cost of both insulation materials and labour costs to install insulation. This will include funding to cover additional costs in island areas. A small proportion of the overall funding will be used for scheme evaluation.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23525 by Alex Neil on 12 May 2009, whether it has a target date by which it aims to insulate all easy-to-treat homes eligible under the Home Insulation Scheme and, if so, to what minimum standard and by what date.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27371 on 24 September 2009. 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.
