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Official Report Meeting date: 11 December 2024

Economy and Fair Work Committee 11 December 2024

Quite worryingly, even with the cost estimates being brought up to date in the island context by experienced quantity surveyors, when projects go out to tender, they are still coming back considerably over those cost estimates, which has proved to be really challenging.

Official Report Meeting date: 22 February 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 22 February 2023

It is important that we keep on the pressure and press for a completion date and that we better understand the reasons why there is not faster progress.

Official Report Meeting date: 12 January 2022

Education, Children and Young People Committee 12 January 2022

He is finalising that work just now, and the date is within his gift. We certainly expect to receive the report by the end of the year and will seek to publish it in due course after that.

Official Report Meeting date: 21 December 2021

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 21 December 2021

The divergence in the development of health services, the collection of data, the timeliness of the data that is collected and the date on which it is reported present a slight problem with regard to getting a truly accurate representation.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 13 September 2021

S6W-02370

This breaks down into applications, subsequent offers, expired loans with accepted offers and loans not accepted before expiry date. Table 1: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2021-22 to end July Local authority Total applications Total value applications Total number of offers Total offered value Total expired committed loans (offer accepted) Total value expired committed loans (offer accepted) Total loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) Total value loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) Aberdeen City Council 28 £196,068.68 32 £216,045.60 0 £0.00 7 £46,265.69 Aberdeenshire Council 117 £1,168,773.88 113 £1,136,741.67 0 £0.00 11 £90,860.30 Angus Council 34 £368,981.38 32 £352,159.17 0 £0.00 5 £52,509.60 Argyll and Bute Council 54 £498,606.02 76 £710,325.73 0 £0.00 11 £77,305.25 City of Edinburgh Council 73 £532,264.52 74 £651,382.66 0 £0.00 14 £97,994.13 Clackmannanshire Council 7 £62,160.17 7 £54,978.77 0 £0.00 0 £0.00 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 10 £81,969.21 13 £116,136.83 0 £0.00 6 £49,184.23 Dumfries and Galloway Council 37 £318,468.55 37 £322,549.67 0 £0.00 7 £64,622.12 Dundee City Council 13 £90,065.00 11 £122,281.12 0 £0.00 2 £38,377.09 East Ayrshire Council 21 £184,706.41 18 £192,481.12 0 £0.00 6 £71,906.76 East Dunbartonshire Council 16 £120,312.47 21 £157,786.04 0 £0.00 6 £25,775.82 East Lothian Council 28 £235,759.74 29 £252,574.90 0 £0.00 3 £10,000.00 East Renfrewshire Council 13 £113,280.00 13 £90,786.28 0 £0.00 3 £7,945.70 Falkirk Council 19 £133,959.85 17 £147,389.05 0 £0.00 1 £2,140.80 Fife Council 61 £514,116.91 70 £571,066.87 0 £0.00 11 £81,654.25 Glasgow City Council 36 £199,214.38 30 £171,726.39 0 £0.00 1 £10,500.00 Highland Council 149 £1,459,746.83 139 £1,400,609.59 0 £0.00 20 £131,601.30 Inverclyde Council 12 £79,218.28 8 £73,518.28 0 £0.00 1 £11,000.00 Midlothian Council 17 £142,258.77 11 £106,300.99 0 £0.00 0 £0.00 Moray Council 39 £353,316.36 41 £416,899.54 0 £0.00 4 £34,015.00 North Ayrshire Council 24 £202,807.32 22 £182,774.23 0 £0.00 2 £14,987.59 North Lanarkshire Council 17 £124,276.30 16 £129,045.00 0 £0.00 3 £35,000.00 Orkney Islands Council 28 £261,476.58 25 £250,741.62 0 £0.00 4 £35,000.00 Perth and Kinross Council 68 £642,435.47 64 £574,580.81 0 £0.00 8 £53,455.93 Renfrewshire Council 12 £122,972.90 28 £242,662.95 0 £0.00 7 £42,400.00 Scottish Borders Council 52 £485,826.38 49 £515,219.20 0 £0.00 7 £30,000.00 Shetland Islands Council 18 £197,190.50 25 £251,124.35 0 £0.00 3 £25,262.98 South Ayrshire Council 16 £119,138.15 14 £106,510.05 0 £0.00 3 £24,500.00 South Lanarkshire Council 53 £458,467.38 39 £308,199.59 0 £0.00 2 £15,000.00 Stirling Council 35 £275,475.52 34 £280,853.64 0 £0.00 6 £40,954.45 West Dunbartonshire Council 4 £48,895.70 4 £45,225.70 0 £0.00 1 £4,830.00 West Lothian Council 15 £106,930.30 21 £186,594.15 0 £0.00 3 £25,801.60 Total 1126 £9,899,139.91 1133 £10,337,271.56 0 £0.00 168 £1,250,850.59 Table 2: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2020/21 Local authority Total applications Total value applications Total number of offers Total offered value Total expired committed loans (offer accepted) Total value expired committed loans (offer accepted) Total loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) Total value loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) Aberdeen City Council 79 £411,398.42 58 £331,795.92 1 £10,000.00 7 £38,048.99 Aberdeenshire Council 160 £1,479,464.98 136 £1,250,801.73 1 £10,000.00 6 £56,910.00 Angus Council 46 £424,257.78 35 £332,262.38 0 £0.00 1 £8,135.00 Argyll and Bute Council 204 £1,895,177.77 158 £1,509,450.94 2 £20,000.00 8 £77,213.11 City of Edinburgh Council 194 £1,157,439.66 139 £782,722.68 4 £19,652.80 12 £56,490.90 Clackmannanshire Council 19 £161,057.93 14 £119,380.36 0 £0.00 0 £0.00 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 39 £345,720.39 24 £210,190.12 0 £0.00 5 £45,697.38 Dumfries and Galloway Council 95 £781,213.29 73 £655,758.06 2 £20,000.00 7 £43,983.20 Dundee City Council 23 £147,948.36 15 £83,676.17 0 £0.00 1 £5,000.00 East Ayrshire Council 42 £309,501.26 25 £212,996.80 1 £14,500.00 6 £37,311.00 East Dunbartonshire Council 38 £252,707.90 21 £146,968.61 0 £0.00 3 £12,950.00 East Lothian Council 52 £418,072.67 45 £393,863.34 1 £10,000.00 5 £39,754.67 East Renfrewshire Council 26 £170,853.67 15 £127,972.92 0 £0.00 0 £0.00 Falkirk Council 48 £389,569.73 41 £340,761.59 0 £0.00 4 £20,155.54 Fife Council 163 £1,257,274.68 109 £892,245.48 2 £12,918.85 6 £34,230.00 Glasgow City Council 135 £584,874.06 82 £383,251.43 2 £15,999.00 11 £49,327.69 Highland Council 286 £2,572,580.83 210 £1,853,062.20 5 £40,000.00 13 £115,218.78 Inverclyde Council 18 £119,240.45 14 £91,948.75 0 £0.00 3 £11,600.00 Midlothian Council 28 £174,797.97 20 £139,660.97 1 £5,000.00 0 £0.00 Moray Council 92 £921,886.35 65 £634,221.95 1 £2,500.00 5 £62,585.26 North Ayrshire Council 78 £699,170.49 69 £662,228.50 0 £0.00 5 £50,000.00 North Lanarkshire Council 49 £310,843.58 35 £213,761.54 1 £6,600.45 4 £30,732.70 Orkney Islands Council 49 £453,059.84 49 £454,629.87 1 £10,000.00 3 £24,500.00 Perth and Kinross Council 131 £1,237,265.50 106 £1,063,174.18 3 £45,600.00 12 £110,663.62 Renfrewshire Council 48 £379,673.02 24 £200,982.87 0 £0.00 4 £24,370.17 Scottish Borders Council 101 £1,023,033.54 85 £846,292.24 6 £56,382.74 5 £27,482.43 Shetland Islands Council 50 £435,615.69 36 £330,577.15 0 £0.00 3 £25,000.00 South Ayrshire Council 45 £343,688.75 42 £355,437.73 4 £25,500.00 5 £48,824.50 South Lanarkshire Council 110 £801,795.19 76 £587,441.09 4 £22,182.00 5 £32,520.00 Stirling Council 78 £668,956.40 64 £621,173.55 1 £10,000.00 5 £54,500.00 West Dunbartonshire Council 18 £110,769.39 13 £105,368.99 0 £0.00 2 £12,893.99 West Lothian Council 61 £472,960.62 42 £353,119.42 2 £20,000.00 4 £34,829.15 Total 2605 £20,911,870.16 1940 £16,287,179.53 45 £376,835.84 160 £1,190,928.08 Table 3: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2019-20 Local authority Total applications Total value applications Total number of offers Total offered value Total expired committed loans (offer accepted) Total value expired committed loans (offer accepted) Total loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) Total value loans not accepted before expiry date (2 weeks) Aberdeen City Council 79 £339,933.96 52 £218,378.90 6 £20,262.00 1 £3,126.00 Aberdeenshire Council 157 £1,239,788.95 126 £1,064,304.62 9 £94,177.87 6 £25,100.00 Angus Council 41 £320,234.90 37 £283,871.33 3 £17,803.20 1 £0.00 Argyll and Bute Council 94 £756,147.99 70 £598,417.90 7 £30,999.60 2 £15,000.00 City of Edinburgh Council 203 £1,009,201.01 172 £850,797.32 24 £76,059.53 5 £16,850.00 Clackmannanshire Council 11 £43,664.75 6 £32,069.75 0 £0.00 1 £4,500.00 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 23 £186,915.50 23 £191,255.50 3 £14,589.18 1 £10,000.00 Dumfries and Galloway Council 77 £544,625.37 60 £429,779.02 7 £56,439.80 3 £33,661.45 Dundee City Council 38 £156,126.41 31 £140,203.28 5 £25,017.57 0 £0.00 East Ayrshire Council 34 £210,442.89 25 £161,026.89 1 £18,271.00 1 £0.00 East Dunbartonshire Council 17 £50,586.70 13 £56,670.95 0 £0.00 3 £5,105.83 East Lothian Council 63 £454,643.64 47 £331,028.01 4 £42,102.98 3 £8,500.00 East Renfrewshire Council 10 £69,622.13 6 £24,168.17 0 £0.00 0 £0.00 Falkirk Council 42 £261,463.42 40 £251,961.57 6 £38,037.44 4 £9,960.04 Fife Council 116 £723,448.47 101 £698,045.56 7 £29,724.49 4 £19,900.00 Glasgow City Council 117 £463,566.68 90 £357,947.93 5 £19,599.86 6 £22,500.00 Highland Council 203 £1,611,451.68 162 £1,349,852.70 21 £162,650.30 7 £53,072.15 Inverclyde Council 15 £69,886.35 14 £54,283.87 1 £4,850.00 1 £4,500.00 Midlothian Council 24 £144,170.90 18 £106,750.90 1 £10,000.00 2 £12,900.04 Moray Council 42 £366,754.71 44 £408,804.98 3 £19,869.48 3 £23,959.30 North Ayrshire Council 75 £571,806.98 58 £504,231.82 4 £24,975.00 1 £14,500.00 North Lanarkshire Council 29 £189,011.28 27 £181,493.69 2 £13,000.00 1 £0.00 Orkney Islands Council 66 £519,551.72 48 £389,654.62 3 £24,175.79 0 £0.00 Perth and Kinross Council 94 £723,509.73 82 £612,767.28 9 £74,890.84 6 £32,597.00 Renfrewshire Council 42 £239,892.76 37 £221,512.60 6 £36,254.12 1 £4,500.00 Scottish Borders Council 96 £754,320.03 80 £683,391.56 12 £107,272.80 4 £38,521.00 Shetland Islands Council 30 £245,321.35 20 £163,979.79 0 £0.00 1 £14,000.00 South Ayrshire Council 46 £299,383.13 31 £189,046.91 6 £39,320.00 2 £4,770.40 South Lanarkshire Council 90 £657,102.91 70 £551,436.56 5 £22,300.00 1 £10,000.00 Stirling Council 54 £529,075.14 53 £483,737.66 4 £45,421.76 0 £0.00 West Dunbartonshire Council 22 £129,701.52 20 £104,181.52 2 £6,327.55 1 £1,630.62 West Lothian Council 68 £373,623.90 56 £334,339.33 6 £40,109.00 3 £12,500.00 Total 2118 £14,254,976.86 1719 £12,029,392.49 172 £1,114,501.16 75 £401,653.83 Table 4: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2018/19 Local authority Total applications Total value applications Total number of offers Total offered value Total expired loans Total value expired loans Aberdeen City Council 74 £318,348.02 52 £236,319.90 1 £15,000.00 Aberdeenshire Council 139 £933,421.61 108 £722,824.72 4 £17,606.80 Angus Council 61 £338,973.64 50 £307,197.81 1 £10,000.00 Argyll and Bute Council 91 £631,003.31 72 £518,187.88 1 £10,000.00 City of Edinburgh Council 220 £809,625.07 168 £608,490.57 9 £27,093.25 Clackmannanshire Council 18 £109,975.09 15 £91,218.46 2 £6,065.00 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 34 £223,595.47 28 £172,073.54 1 £10,000.00 Dumfries and Galloway Council 83 £558,830.63 53 £384,598.91 2 £20,000.00 Dundee City Council 79 £298,626.13 50 £189,690.10 2 £6,600.00 East Ayrshire Council 44 £201,286.23 34 £184,404.51 2 £12,270.00 East Dunbartonshire Council 27 £133,725.95 23 £108,755.68 0 £0.00 East Lothian Council 47 £261,249.86 40 £204,678.06 1 £2,850.00 East Renfrewshire Council 21 £92,039.73 18 £90,474.73 0 £0.00 Falkirk Council 64 £280,226.95 44 £188,130.29 3 £14,500.00 Fife Council 177 £1,081,377.88 150 £893,350.52 9 £58,014.83 Glasgow City Council 170 £621,085.06 107 £389,148.40 6 £28,230.00 Highland Council 197 £1,293,451.05 148 £984,779.05 8 £37,158.45 Inverclyde Council 15 £48,694.87 7 £23,260.00 1 £4,400.00 Midlothian Council 35 £127,570.57 31 £135,801.00 0 £0.00 Moray Council 44 £301,570.96 31 £212,653.94 3 £5,000.00 North Ayrshire Council 77 £443,738.34 60 £341,357.45 2 £18,995.00 North Lanarkshire Council 78 £304,370.20 53 £186,131.27 1 £525.00 Orkney Islands Council 44 £329,114.66 34 £276,311.23 1 £10,602.90 Perth and Kinross Council 121 £673,847.38 96 £596,880.34 7 £46,500.00 Renfrewshire Council 54 £235,476.83 38 £147,480.07 2 £8,562.40 Scottish Borders Council 102 £657,574.46 85 £565,529.81 5 £28,500.00 Shetland Islands Council 25 £150,705.93 19 £133,145.93 1 £8,023.56 South Ayrshire Council 51 £227,560.65 41 £178,748.14 1 £11,000.00 South Lanarkshire Council 115 £695,151.16 90 £541,410.52 1 £16,000.00 Stirling Council 62 £375,222.13 51 £280,857.70 1 £9,934.00 West Dunbartonshire Council 16 £63,091.99 8 £35,737.07 0 £0.00 West Lothian Council 70 £332,876.02 55 £254,620.03 1 £2,500.00 Total 2455 £13,153,407.83 1859 £10,184,247.63 79 £445,931.19 0 £0.00 Table 5: Volume and value of HES loan applications by local authority area in 2017-18 Local authority Total applications Total value applications Total number of offers Total offered value Total expired loans Total value expired loans Aberdeen City Council 68 £213,324.78 43 £131,957.78 1 £3,288.00 Aberdeenshire Council 92 £422,890.79 73 £343,361.97 1 £0.00 Angus Council 44 £215,794.99 31 £162,315.79 2 £20,479.00 Argyll and Bute Council 60 £326,449.17 43 £226,079.43 4 £16,589.71 City of Edinburgh Council 261 £808,757.61 175 £553,518.80 10 £31,035.02 Clackmannanshire Council 13 £47,930.76 5 £20,585.93 1 £2,800.00 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 31 £122,627.26 13 £61,897.08 1 £0.00 Dumfries and Galloway Council 62 £325,968.19 40 £206,068.10 0 £0.00 Dundee City Council 72 £195,328.06 47 £140,243.42 1 £0.00 East Ayrshire Council 40 £203,968.30 17 £99,686.40 1 £0.00 East Dunbartonshire Council 28 £84,681.05 16 £47,031.07 3 £4,500.00 East Lothian Council 49 £235,340.38 38 £196,974.04 3 £20,000.00 East Renfrewshire Council 26 £56,968.55 16 £34,358.55 0 £0.00 Falkirk Council 61 £225,199.48 39 £143,129.01 2 £7,267.20 Fife Council 165 £725,630.99 102 £484,048.01 4 £6,387.60 Glasgow City Council 153 £519,242.51 86 £334,983.58 1 £9,294.00 Highland Council 180 £969,778.71 120 £711,774.80 5 £19,935.65 Inverclyde Council 22 £88,182.62 10 £59,394.12 0 £0.00 Midlothian Council 66 £347,869.94 48 £270,355.51 2 £0.00 Moray Council 42 £212,500.90 27 £160,041.99 2 £22,750.00 North Ayrshire Council 60 £267,412.87 34 £154,645.87 1 £0.00 North Lanarkshire Council 68 £231,026.81 43 £138,759.06 2 £2,730.60 Orkney Islands Council 20 £120,407.64 13 £69,511.89 0 £0.00 Perth and Kinross Council 91 £577,765.28 55 £345,679.02 1 £12,500.00 Renfrewshire Council 42 £125,441.45 23 £71,297.40 0 £0.00 Scottish Borders Council 70 £429,908.77 50 £329,551.46 5 £24,616.78 Shetland Islands Council 13 £43,966.06 7 £40,452.39 0 £0.00 South Ayrshire Council 43 £183,918.85 24 £136,970.17 4 £30,000.00 South Lanarkshire Council 101 £461,895.85 61 £290,264.39 4 £17,872.45 Stirling Council 45 £230,866.53 35 £183,388.24 1 £0.00 West Dunbartonshire Council 10 £27,572.20 6 £20,002.20 1 £2,952.20 West Lothian Council 60 £248,569.85 37 £157,263.84 3 £10,000.00 Total 2158 £9,297,187.20 1377 £6,325,591.31 66 £264,998.21 0 £0.00 S6W-02370

Questions and Answers Date answered: 3 March 2026

S6W-43868

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38780 by Mairi McAllan on 11 July 2025, by what date it will publish data relating to the average application and claim processing timescales for the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 18 November 2025

S6W-41673

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the evidence given at the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on 4 November 2025, how many times the sustainable aviation fuel expert working group has met, and on what dates. The sustainable aviation fuel working group met on three occasions in 2024: 15 February, 9 April and 14 May.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 4 June 2025

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