Delivering net zero for Scotland's buildings - Heat in Buildings Bill: consultation analysis

Appendix A: Quantitative Analysis

This appendix provides more detailed breakdowns of the 25 quantitative closed questions included in the consultation.

Not all respondents answered every question. Some may not have answered as they hold no strong view on the question, or it may not relate to their area of knowledge or expertise.

To compare across sub-groups, this report presents the results of the closed questions based on those who answered each question. For clarity, each results table shows:

• The number of respondents from the total sample of 1,637 respondents who selected each response, and the corresponding percentage (grey rows).
• The number and percentage response among those who answered each question, broken down by individual and organisation and by type of organisation (rows including and under “All answering (%)”.

Please note that the row percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

(1) and they should be required to install all of these where feasible

(2) but they should only be required to install some of these where feasible and cost effective

(3) but they should only be required to install some of these where feasible, and they should be allowed additional time to do so

(1) should be prohibited in all cases

(2) for buildings already using it

(3) for buildings who have no other clean heating system available

(4) buildings already using it and for buildings who have no other clean heating system available

(5) should be used in wider circumstances (please describe these)

Q13. To what extent do you support the proposal that the Scottish Ministers should be given powers to extend the circumstances in future (beyond a property purchase) in which people could be required to end their use of polluting heating?

This could be, for example, preventing the installation of new fossil fuel boilers when replacing the heating in your home or business premises.

(1) relying on market and financial products

(2) extra Council Tax and Non-domestic Rates charges, in future

(3) civil penalties, in future

(4) mix of above options

(5) have another suggestion

(6) any form of enforcement

Q25. We are considering the following further duties on public sector organisations to support planning for the transition by 2038:

Option 1: Placing a new duty on public sector organisations which would, from 2025, prevent them from replacing a polluting heating system with another (unless impractical)

Option 2: Creating a new duty for each public body to develop and implement a plan to decarbonise their buildings

Option 3: Placing a new statutory reporting duty on public sector organisations to demonstrate progress towards their 2038 objective (with the potential for the 2038 then to be non-statutory); and/or

Option 4: Placing no further statutory requirements on public sector organisations (instead relying on their ability to plan alongside our delivery and funding programmes to meet the 2038 objective)