Question reference: S6W-22209
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 13 October 2023
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 November 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much total funding it allocated to (a) improve energy efficiency and (b) decarbonise the heating of homes in (i) social, (ii) owner-occupied and (iii) private rented housing in (A) 2021-22, (B) 2022-23 and (C) 2023-24.
Answer
The budgets allocated are as follows:
21-22 | 22-23 | 23-24 | |
Social | £20mn | £30mn | £39.5mn |
Owner occupied and Private Rented | £135mn | £161mn | £161mn |
The budget for the private rented sector scheme is combined with that for our wider Home Energy Scotland grants and loans scheme and is not given a separate allocation. In addition, when setting our budgets – we don’t specifically allocate funding between that for energy efficiency and that for zero direct emissions heating – the allocation above covers both aspects.
In addition to this, a further £15 million of funding is provided to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme to support construction of new affordable housing built to high standards of energy efficiency with zero direct emissions heating systems installed.