Current status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 9 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether current heat pump installation rates are on track to meet Scotland’s goals on decarbonisation.
Our goal remains to decarbonise the heat in Scotland’s buildings by 2045. We are taking action in pursuit of this target, including the allocation of £1.63 billion of funding through our Heat in Buildings schemes this Parliamentary Session so far.
The Heat in Buildings Bill that we have committed to introducing this year will set this target in legislation. But we also need urgent UK Government action to significantly reduce the running costs of clean heating systems like heat pumps.