Question reference: S6W-22651
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 2 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 November 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21208 by Patrick Harvie on 26 September 2023, how many households have received the rural uplift within the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan scheme in each month since September 2022.
Answer
The following table sets out the total number of applications approved and paid for the rural uplift in each month from September 2022 to October 2023.
The rural uplift has only been included as part of the HES Grant and Loan Scheme since the launch of the Scheme in December 2022, meaning data only goes back to this date. Four applications from November 2022 received the rural uplift as these had not yet progressed to a formal offer when the rural uplift was introduced.
Payments are often made in the months following an approved application, which means that the number of applications approved in a month will not be equal to the number of applications paid in a month.
Month | Rural Uplift Applications Approved | Rural Uplift Applications Paid |
Sep-22 | - | - |
Oct-22 | - | - |
Nov-22 | 4 | - |
Dec-22 | 35 | - |
Jan-23 | 146 | - |
Feb-23 | 100 | 15 |
Mar-23 | 144 | 22 |
Apr-23 | 237 | 52 |
May-23 | 238 | 81 |
Jun-23 | 222 | 113 |
Jul-23 | 208 | 136 |
Aug-23 | 166 | 182 |
Sep-23 | 177 | 253 |
Oct-23 | 105 | 218 |