- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-09248 by Shona Robison on 20 July 2022, how many buildings (a) have provided consent and details (i) by and (ii) on or since 20 July 2022 and (b) it requires to provide consent and detail before it will move to the contracting process; what the estimated timescales are for the contracting process; and, when contracting, what it plans to propose as a lead time for surveyors and fire engineers to be on site.
Answer
We have confirmed consent from 26 buildings. We have consent in principle from the homeowners from 29 additional buildings since we invited new buildings into the programme in May 2022. The timescale for the contracting process follows the standard Scottish Government procurement rules. We are aware of the supply chain constraints in this field, which is why are working closely with Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Fire Engineers to ensure an appropriate stream of qualified assessors. Time scales for the completion of Single Building Assessments are driven by the complexity of the building and are agreed as part of the normal contracting process.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09619 by Shona Robison on 19 July 2022, whether it will (a)
compile and (b) require local authorities to compile this information to
establish (i) the progress being made to remediate buildings, and (b) how much
remediation is being conducted (A) with the support of the Scottish Government
and (B) privately.
Answer
As the programme progresses, we will gather information from our Single Building Assessments to compile a register of buildings that have been assessed through the programme. Local Authorities will be asked to provide relevant information.
We are currently working with 7 buildings to finalise assessments ahead of remediation. We have asked developers, as part of the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord, to supply data on work that is being undertaken and privately agreed between residents and developers.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 6 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09548 by Shona Robison on 19 July 2022, how much the administrators have been paid to date to administer the loan.
Answer
Since 1 September 2018, the Scottish Government has paid £344,825 to Communities Housing Trust to administer the national Self Build Loan Fund.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09275 by Tom Arthur on 12 July 2022, how many homes are
proposed to be built as part of each successful application, and, of those, how
many homes will be (a) partly and (b) fully funded.
Answer
The following table outlines how many homes are proposed to be built as part of each successful application for the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP). The VDLIP provides funding to cover capital costs associated with remediating and unblocking long-term vacant and derelict land sites. Additional funding to support the delivery of new homes, where this is part of the project proposals, is considered as a part of the application process by the independent investment panel.
Applicant | Round | Project Proposal | Award | Homes proposed | Funding arrangement |
City of Edinburgh Council | 1 (2021-22) | Western Villages Granton | £619,661 | 444 | Part |
Clyde Gateway | 1 (2021-22) | Dalmarnock Riverside Park | £750,000 | 0 | NA |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 1 (2021-22) | Kirkintilloch Community Sport Complex | £836,000 | 0 | NA |
East Renfrewshire Council | 1 (2021-22) | Levern Water Revival | £1,084,661 | 0 | NA |
Falkirk Council | 1 (2021-22) | Lionthorn Bing Greenspace Project | £563,621 | 0 | NA |
Glasgow City Council | 1 (2021-22) | Belle Gro'@ The Meat Market | £450,474 | 0 | NA |
Glasgow City Council | 1 (2021-22) | Transforming Avenue End Road Greenspace | £417,812 | 0 | NA |
Inverclyde Council | 1 (2021-22) | 6FootLab | £69,000 | 0 | NA |
South Lanarkshire Council | 1 (2021-22) | Clyde Cycle Park | £296,000 | 0 | NA |
South Lanarkshire Council | 1 (2021-22) | ONECarluke Community Growing | £84,150 | 0 | NA |
City of Edinburgh Council | 2 (2022-23) | Greendykes North affordable housing | £623,713 | 133 | Part |
Clyde Gateway | 2 (2022-23) | D2 GRIDS | £664,000 | 0 | NA |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 2 (2022-23) | Twechar Canal Regeneration Project | £614,925 | 15 | Part |
Glasgow City Council | 2 (2022-23) | Hamiltonhill Green Infrastructure Project | £924,911 | 0 | NA |
Glasgow City Council | 2 (2022-23) | Ruchazie Greening and Growing project | £670,000 | 0 | NA |
Inverclyde | 2 (2022-23) | Carwood Street Food Growing Project | £69,500 | 0 | NA |
Inverclyde | 2 (2022-23) | HSCP Community Learning | £990,000 | 0 | NA |
North Ayrshire Council | 2 (2022-23) | Annickbank Innovation Campus, Irvine Enterprise Area | £400,000 | 0 | NA |
North Lanarkshire Council | 2 (2022-23) | Glenmanor Greenspace | £230,911 | 0 | NA |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 2 (2022-23) | Community Food Growing – Former Bonhill PS | £100,000 | 0 | NA |
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 31 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09495 by Tom Arthur on 12 July 2022, (a) on what date and (b) by which minister the City of Edinburgh Council’s proposed designation of the Edinburgh short-term let control area was approved; whether a decision had been passed for approval to the responsible minister on or before 12 July 2022, the date on which the answer to question S6W-09495 was issued, and whether it will provide an advisory timetable for the determination of any other proposed control areas.
Answer
The Scottish Ministers approved the City of Edinburgh Council’s proposed designation of the entirety of Edinburgh as a Short Term Control Area on 27 July 2022. A draft decision letter was provided to the Minister for Public Finance, Planning & Community Wealth by officials on 12 July 2022. Whilst there is no statutory timescale for the consideration of proposed short-term let control area designations, every effort is made to consider and determine such proposals as swiftly as possible.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many heating installations under the (a) Warmer Homes Scotland (b) area-based schemes and
(c) Home Energy Scotland Loans and Cashback schemes have been (a) carbon
producing and (b) zero carbon, in each year of operation of the respective schemes.
Answer
The answer to your question is outlined in the following tables. Please note, data for 2021-2022 Area Based Schemes are still being collected and will be published on the ABS webpage in due course: Area Based Schemes: annual final measures reports - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .
“Zero Carbon” heating for the purposes of this response is defined as heating which does not generate carbon emissions at the point of use. Solar and battery storage are not counted towards the Zero Carbon figure as they are usually installed in conjunction with other microgeneration measures, for example air source heat pumps.
Warmer Homes Scotland
| 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
Carbon Producing | 1187 | 4823 | 5095 | 3011 | 2874 | 2917 | 4118 |
Zero Carbon | 99 | 274 | 371 | 402 | 416 | 379 | 569 |
Area Based Schemes
| 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
Carbon Producing | 2834 | 440 | 319 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
Zero Carbon | 778 | 177 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 98 | 107 |
Home Energy Scotland Loans and Cashback
| 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
Carbon Producing | 677 | 732 | 471 | 294 | 247 |
Zero Carbon | 277 | 453 | 552 | 742 | 1196 |
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many zero-carbon heating systems have been installed in (a) new and (b) existing homes in each year since 2016.
Answer
Table 1 shows the number of new build completions in Scotland fitted with zero emissions heating systems in the period 2016 to 2021. This includes all homes using electricity, biomass or connected to a community heating system as their main heating fuel type.
Table 1
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
1,527 | 1,987 | 2,448 | 3,488 | 2,286 | 4,393 |
Source: Management information as extracted from the EPC database, published and available at statistics.gov.scot : Domestic Energy Performance Certificates - Dataset to Q1 2022
Table 2 shows domestic renewable heat installations over the period 2016 to 2020 (latest available data). These data are derived from registrations under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme, therefore primarily relate to installations in existing properties and do not include non-renewable zero emissions heating systems such as direct electric systems.
Table 2
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2,013 | 1,813 | 2,088 | 2,627 | 3,055 |
Source: Renewable Heat Database, maintained by the Energy Saving Trust (unpublished)
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many heating and renewable installations under the (a) Warmer Homes Scotland (b) area-based schemes and (c) Home Energy Scotland Loans and Cashback schemes were (i) gas boilers (ii) electric storage heaters (iii) air source heat pumps (iv) oil boilers (v) solar PV (vi) LPG boilers (vii) biomass boilers (viii) domestic battery storage units, (ix) district heating connections and (x) solar thermal systems, in each year of operation of the respective schemes.
Answer
The answer to your question is outlined in the following tables. Please note, data for 2021-2022 Area Based Schemes are still being collected and will be published on the ABS webpage in due course: Area Based Schemes: annual final measures reports - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .
Warmer Homes Scotland
| 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
Gas Boilers | 1070 | 4010 | 4256 | 2627 | 2544 | 2633 | 3870 |
Electric Storage Heaters | 99 | 242 | 301 | 279 | 278 | 212 | 306 |
Air Source Heat Pumps | 0 | 32 | 70 | 122 | 138 | 166 | 261 |
Oil Boilers | 67 | 236 | 353 | 269 | 234 | 210 | 196 |
Solar PV | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 88 |
LPG Boilers | 50 | 574 | 484 | 114 | 90 | 74 | 49 |
Biomass Boilers | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Domestic Battery Storage Units | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
District Heating Connections | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Solar Thermal Systems | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Area Based Schemes
| 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
Gas Boilers | 2834 | 440 | 319 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
Electric Storage Heaters | 216 | 163 | 16 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
Air Source Heat Pumps | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 80 |
Oil Boilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Solar PV | 0 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
LPG Boilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biomass Boilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic Battery Storage Units | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District Heating Connections | 554 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
Solar Thermal Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Home Energy Scotland Loans and Cashback
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
Gas Boilers | 569 | 604 | 394 | 221 | 176 |
Electric Storage Heaters | 19 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 9 |
(Heat Pumps (Air Source/Ground Source/Water Source and ASHP hybrids | 258 | 426 | 531 | 732 | 1187 |
Oil Boilers | 58 | 69 | 18 | 33 | 20 |
Solar PV | 69 | 336 | 176 | 224 | 354 |
LPG Boilers | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Biomass Boilers | 40 | 48 | 50 | 37 | 50 |
Domestic Battery Storage Units | 0 | 82 | 88 | 151 | 225 |
District Heating Connections | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Solar Thermal Systems | Numbers included in Solar PV |
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09182 by Shona Robison on 24 June 2022, whether it can provide a breakdown of any local authorities that have amended the section 11 notice form of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
Section 11 of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 requires a landlord to notify the local authority when proceedings for possession are raised providing information prescribed in Schedule 1 of The Notice to Local Authorities (Scotland) Regulations 2008. Local authorities produce templates in line with Schedule 1. The Scottish Government does not require local authorities to provide these templates for validation so if any local authorities have amended the section 11 notice form to include information not prescribed within Section 1 of The Notice to Local Authorities (Scotland) Regulations 2008, the Scottish Government is not made aware of this.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09182 by Shona Robison on 24 June 2022, whether landlords are legally obliged to provide additional information when completing an amended section 11 notice form, where that requested information is not in the form prescribed in Schedule 1 of The Notice to Local Authorities (Scotland) Regulations 2008.
Answer
Section 11 of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 requires a landlord to notify the local authority when proceedings for possession are raised providing information prescribed in Schedule 1 of The Notice to Local Authorities (Scotland) Regulations 2008. Landlords are not legally obliged to provide any further information.