Question reference: S6W-23336
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 29 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in each of the last five years, how much money was allocated to the Home Heating Support Fund, and how much of the fund was spent by the time the fund closed for new applications.
Answer
Since being established in the winter of 2020 as part of the wider Winter Support Fund, the Scottish Government has awarded a total of £16.9 million to Advice Direct Scotland to administer the Home Heating Support Fund (HHSF).
Below is a year by year breakdown of the funding for the HHSF to date:
Year | Awarded |
2020-21 | £1.1m* |
2021-22 | £4.2m |
2022-23 | £6.6m |
2023-24 | £5m (ongoing)** |
*The HHSF was funded from December 2020 to March 2021, via consequential funding through the Winter Support Fund. Subsequent years have been funded through the Scottish Government's Fuel Insecurity Fund.
**There is currently £9m available to the HHSF for 2023-24, with £5m already claimed.