Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to improve the energy efficiency of (a) business buildings, (b) local authority buildings, excluding housing, (c) social housing and (d) domestic housing in each of the last five years.
The Scottish Government funds both heating and insulation measures as part of our energy efficiency programmes (e.g. as an integral part of Home Energy Scotland advice services). Measures are tailored to reflect the needs and circumstances of the household and property benefitting from the improvement funded or financed by the Scottish Government. Funding totals will therefore include spending on zero or low carbon heating systems as well as insulation. Where sub-totals for type of measures funded and sector were specified, funding can be broken down by sector as follows:
(a) Business Buildings - Via SME Loan Scheme
Financial year | Value of loans paid (£) |
2015-16 | £1,289,009 |
2016-17 | £910,486 |
2017-18 | £1,850,520 |
2018-19 | £2,662,054 |
2019-20 | £2,286,498 |
Total | £8,998,567 |
(b) Loans to local authorities through Salix Finance :
Year | Number | Value (£) |
2015-16 | 30 | £2,445,394 |
2016-17 | 58 | £5,372,606 |
2017-18 | 90 | £5,646,158 |
2018-19 | 59 | £6,790,785 |
2019-20 | 86 | £8,965,149 |
Total | 323 | £29,220,091 |
(c) social housing through HEEPS Loans Scheme for RSLs
Financial year | Value of loans paid (£) |
2016-17 | £3,833,986 |
2017-18 | £2,165,104 |
2018-19 | £1,676,641 |
2019-20 | £1,408,910 |
Total | £7,816,622 |
(d) domestic housing
Year | 2015-16 | 16-17 | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20 | Total |
(£m) | (£m) | (£m) | (£m) | (£m) | (£m) | |
HEEPS: Area Based Schemes | 65.0 | 40.0 | 47.0 | 49.0 | 55.0 | 256.0 |
HEEPS: Energy Assistance Scheme | 16.0 | 16.0 | ||||
HEEPS: Cashback | 15.1 | 15.1 | ||||
HEEPS: Warmer Homes Scotland | 19.0 | 19.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 88.0 | |
SEEP | 10.0 | 7.0 | 17.0 | |||
HEEPS: Loans (FTs) | 14.0 | 24.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 40.0 | 140.0 |
Advice & Support | 9.0 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 55.3 |
Total | 119.1 | 103.3 | 114.1 | 116.3 | 134.6 | 587.4 |