Question reference: S5W-24859
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 22 August 2019
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 September 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has made available to local authorities to carry out SEEP (Scotland's Energy Efficiency Programme) pilots since September 2016.
Answer
Since 2016 the Scottish Government, through Scotland's Energy Efficiency Programme, has made available the following:
- SEEP Phase 1 (2016-17 – 2017-18) - £9,100,000 was made available
- SEEP Phase 2 (2017-18 – 2018-19) - £11,000,000 was made available
- Transition Phase (2018-19 – 2019-20) - £5,500,000 was made available
- Decarbonisation Fund (2018-19 – 2019-20) - £3,500,000 was made available
This year the Scottish Government has made available a further £3.5 million on this year’s Decarbonisation Fund Phase 2. The deadline for applications to this was the 23rd of August 2019. Funding awards will be made in due course.
Funding which has been awarded to projects from September 2016 till August 2019 totals £17,264,263.29.