Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to the Low Emission Zone Support Fund for households since its introduction; what proportion of that was allocated to be used for eligible households within the relevant area in Aberdeen, and how much of that allocation was distributed to eligible households.
The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Support Fund has allocated £13,775,000 to households and businesses within 20km of any LEZ in Scotland since 2020. To date £7,684,695 has been paid out to households in Scotland.
There was no set allocation per city, to households or to businesses. This allowed flexibility to respond to demand dependant on applications received each year.
I can advise that £464,688 of this funding has been awarded to households within 20km of the Aberdeen LEZ.