Chamber and committees

Question reference: S1W-24437

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: 25 March 2002
Current status: Answered by Iain Gray on 22 April 2002

Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating systems were installed under its central heating installation programme in (a) private sector, (b) local authority and (c) housing association properties in each local authority area in 2001-02.

Answer

The information requested for the private sector part of the central heating programme is not held by local authority area, but 3,500 installations were delivered across Scotland in 2001-02. A report on the results of the programme across all sectors of the stock in 2001-02 will be published later this year. Tables A and B show the position for the local authorities and housing associations respectively.Table A: Local authorities

Local Authority	Number of Dwellings
Aberdeen	83
Angus	6
Argyll and Bute	28
Dundee	604
East Ayrshire	133
East Dunbarton	8
East Lothian	0
East Renfreshire	61
Edinburgh	140
Falkirk	0
Fife	319
Glasgow	1,352
Highland	24
Inverclyde	84
Midlothian	21
Orkney	60
Renfrewshire	121
Shetland	28
South Lanarkshire	863
West Dunbarton	72
Total*	4,007

Note:*Local authority stock in Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Scottish Borders, South Ayrshire, Stirling, West Lothian and Western Isles all have central heating and so were not included in the programme.Table B: Housing associations

Local Authority Area	Number of Dwellings
Edinburgh	102
Dundee	109
Falkirk	61
Glasgow	281
Inverclyde	22
North Lanarkshire	12
Stirling	19
Total	606**

Note:**This is an estimated figure. Communities Scotland are responsible for the housing association programme. They estimate that central heating will be installed in a total of 871 housing associations dwellings in 2001-02.

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