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Question reference: S7W-03408

Asked by: Kristopher Leask, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2026
Current Status: Answered by Stephen Gethins on 29 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was allocated to (a) Warmer Homes Scotland, (b) Area Based Schemes, (c) Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund, (d) Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan, and (e) Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan schemes, in each financial year from 2022-23 to 2026-27, and what the year-end outturn was for each of these schemes for each financial year from 2022-23 to 2025-26.

For the financial years 2022-23 to 2024-25, I refer the member to question answered on S6W-43202 on 3 February 2026 for information relating to Warmer Homes Scotland, Area Based Schemes, Social Housing Net Zero Fund and Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan.

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found here; https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

Allocation and outturn data for all schemes relating to the 2025-26 financial year are included in the latest Heat in Buildings progress report, which will be published on the Scottish Government website on 2 October 2026.

Data for Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan was included within S6W-43202 under the category “other”. Specific Private Rented Sector Landlord Loans information is set out in the following table:

Programme	Allocation 2022-23 £000’s	Outturn 2022-3 £000’s	Allocation 2023-24 £000’s	Outturn 2023-4 £000’s	Allocation 2024-25 £000’s	Outturn 2024-25 £000’s	Allocation 2025-26 £000’s	Outturn 2025-26 £000’s
Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan	500	336	500	89	500	14	500	81

Provisional 2026-27 allocations are set out in the following table.

Programme	*Provisional allocation 2026-27 £m’s
Warmer Homes Scotland	90m
Area Based Schemes	70m
Social Housing Net Zero Fund	30m
Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan	48.5m
Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan	0.5m

*provisional allocations provided are subject to change.

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