Question reference: S6W-25284
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 19 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what total value of government-funded grants for heat pumps has been awarded to homes in the Aberdeen City Council area in each year since 2022.
Answer
The Home Energy Scotland (HES) Grant and Loan Scheme, launched in December 2022, offers homeowners and self-builders in Scotland a grant, interest free loan or a combination of both to support the installation of clean heating systems and energy efficiency measures. Prior to this, homeowners could access support for installation via the HES Loan and Cashback Scheme.
The following table details grant funding awarded for the installation of air, water or ground source heat pumps to homeowners in the Aberdeen City Council area in financial years through the HES Loan and Cashback Scheme or HES Grant and Loan Scheme, up to the end of the Quarter 3, December 2023. This does not include funding for other interventions such as energy efficiency.
Financial Year | Total Grant funding awarded |
2021-22 | £148,720 |
2022-23 | £244,648 |
2023-24 to December 2023 | £189,876 |
The Scottish Government also funds the installation of heating systems and insulation measures for homeowners through Warmer Homes Scotland and Area Based Schemes. Overall these schemes are of a comparable scale to the HES scheme. However, as these are government-funded installations rather than grants awarded to homeowners, and because they fund a range of measures sometimes including heat pumps, they are not included in the figures provided.