Question reference: S6W-20665
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 15 August 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 12 September 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many homes in each parliamentary region Warmworks Warmer Homes Scotland is planning to improve to at least EPC grade C; by what date this work will be completed; how many homes in each region have received such assistance to date; what other schemes are working alongside Warmer Homes Scotland to ensure that no homes are listed below EPC grade C, and by what date it anticipates that this target will be achieved.
Answer
The first phase of Warmer Homes Scotland (WHS) has run since September 2015, and is coming to an end on 29 September 2023. The second phase of the scheme will launch on 02 October 2023, and will run initially for 5 years, with an option for it to run for 7 years. Warmer Homes Scotland is a demand-led scheme which aims to support people in or at risk of fuel poverty through the transition to zero emissions heat, improve their energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions from heating. Reaching EPC band C is not a specific objective of either the original or new phase of the scheme, and therefore no target for this has been set.
The following table outlines the number of households who have received measures through Warmer Homes Scotland between September 2015 and 31 July 2023 in each constituency that have reached EPC band C and the average SAP point increase after receiving measures through Warmer Homes Scotland. The data is at constituency level as data at parliamentary region level is not collected.
Constituency Area | Post EPC SAP C and above | Average SAP points improvement | |
Volume | Percentage | ||
Aberdeen Central | 40 | 28.57% | 12.2 |
Aberdeen Donside | 141 | 42.73% | 10.0 |
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | 100 | 37.74% | 9.0 |
Aberdeenshire East | 67 | 21.14% | 10.4 |
Aberdeenshire West | 48 | 23.30% | 9.0 |
Airdrie and Shotts | 152 | 39.07% | 8.8 |
Almond Valley | 196 | 51.58% | 9.4 |
Angus North and Mearns | 81 | 26.30% | 10.2 |
Angus South | 132 | 29.01% | 11.3 |
Argyll and Bute | 93 | 14.33% | 10.9 |
Ayr | 114 | 26.95% | 8.7 |
Banffshire and Buchan Coast | 104 | 22.56% | 9.6 |
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | 93 | 11.74% | 9.0 |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 124 | 25.41% | 8.5 |
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | 123 | 46.42% | 10.0 |
Clydebank and Milngavie | 74 | 28.24% | 8.5 |
Clydesdale | 104 | 23.32% | 10.6 |
Coatbridge and Chryston | 129 | 34.22% | 8.3 |
Cowdenbeath | 186 | 42.66% | 10.3 |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 151 | 42.30% | 11.0 |
Cunninghame North | 115 | 27.98% | 9.0 |
Cunninghame South | 115 | 36.98% | 8.3 |
Dumbarton | 110 | 31.70% | 8.6 |
Dumfriesshire | 137 | 23.34% | 10.2 |
Dundee City East | 189 | 35.33% | 12.8 |
Dundee City West | 178 | 35.18% | 11.9 |
Dunfermline | 132 | 39.76% | 11.0 |
East Kilbride | 165 | 46.48% | 10.2 |
East Lothian | 91 | 32.27% | 9.2 |
Eastwood | 64 | 22.22% | 7.9 |
Edinburgh Central | 42 | 34.15% | 11.2 |
Edinburgh Eastern | 146 | 35.10% | 9.5 |
Edinburgh Northern and Leith | 92 | 37.86% | 11.7 |
Edinburgh Pentlands | 100 | 43.67% | 8.4 |
Edinburgh Southern | 71 | 39.44% | 9.9 |
Edinburgh Western | 104 | 36.62% | 9.3 |
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 91 | 24.86% | 8.6 |
Falkirk East | 130 | 41.94% | 11.2 |
Falkirk West | 126 | 47.01% | 10.6 |
Galloway and West Dumfries | 130 | 20.67% | 10.1 |
Glasgow Anniesland | 107 | 36.03% | 8.6 |
Glasgow Cathcart | 129 | 40.44% | 9.4 |
Glasgow Kelvin | 36 | 42.35% | 10.3 |
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn | 106 | 49.07% | 9.8 |
Glasgow Pollok | 179 | 41.44% | 8.2 |
Glasgow Provan | 187 | 48.20% | 10.6 |
Glasgow Shettleston | 167 | 45.38% | 9.7 |
Glasgow Southside | 83 | 33.88% | 9.1 |
Greenock and Inverclyde | 340 | 43.53% | 10.7 |
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | 149 | 38.11% | 10.5 |
Inverness and Nairn | 232 | 41.58% | 11.3 |
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | 98 | 28.82% | 8.0 |
Kirkcaldy | 201 | 40.85% | 10.1 |
Linlithgow | 127 | 38.48% | 9.6 |
Mid Fife and Glenrothes | 180 | 44.55% | 10.3 |
Midlothian North and Musselburgh | 146 | 36.59% | 10.3 |
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | 128 | 35.65% | 11.8 |
Moray | 117 | 29.77% | 9.6 |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 121 | 37.46% | 8.3 |
Combhairle nan Eilean Siar | 29 | 4.51% | 10.6 |
North East Fife | 75 | 24.12% | 9.9 |
Orkney Islands | 20 | 11.36% | 9.7 |
Paisley | 140 | 42.81% | 8.1 |
Perthshire North | 91 | 25.49% | 10.3 |
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | 104 | 28.57% | 10.2 |
Renfrewshire North and West | 144 | 45.71% | 9.4 |
Renfrewshire South | 171 | 42.12% | 9.6 |
Rutherglen | 193 | 40.12% | 8.6 |
Shetland Islands | 62 | 23.57% | 11.1 |
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | 69 | 11.71% | 9.2 |
Stirling | 102 | 33.44% | 10.5 |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 110 | 28.06% | 8.8 |
Uddingston and Bellshill | 152 | 44.06% | 9.9 |
Total | 8,875 | 32.70% | 9.9 |
The Scottish Government funds energy efficiency and climate-friendly heating systems through a wide range of programmes in addition to Warmer Homes Scotland including Area-Based Schemes; Home Energy Scotland Grants and Loans; the Social Housing Net Zero Fund; and the Heat Network Fund.
Our Heat in Buildings Strategy, published in October 2021 sets out the aim that, where technically and legally feasible and cost-effective, by 2030 a large majority of buildings should achieve a good level of energy efficiency, which for homes is at least equivalent to an EPC Band C, with all homes meeting at least this standard by 2033.
We have made good progress in recent years, but realise that there is much more to be done. We are allocating at least £1.8 billion over the course of this Parliament towards heat and energy efficiency measures and to support those least able to pay. Over 150,000 households in Scotland already live in homes which are warmer and cheaper to heat, thanks to investment by the Scottish government.
We have said that we will consult on proposals that could inform a Heat in Buildings Bill, seeking views on options for regulation designed to further improve energy efficiency and to deliver and accelerate the switch to low and zero carbon heating systems.