Breakdown of vehicle domestic charge point grant scheme: FOI release

Information requested

With regards to the Scottish Government's electric vehicle domestic charge point grant scheme that is administered by the Energy Savings Trust, please provide a table showing the numbers of domestic electric vehicle charge points (i) applied for, and (ii) actually installed (or grant paid out) by month grouped by local authority and split by (a) homeowners and (b) by private tenants since the schemes began until the latest available figure.

I am seeking to discern whether homeowners have a higher follow-through rate than private tenants, and how the application rate by private tenants is different to that of homeowners.

Response

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not hold some of the information that you have requested. Data on housing tenure of applicants is not collected, and therefore not illustrated within the information that we have provided.

We do however have the information detailed in the following tables relating to the number of domestic electric vehicle charge point applications and settled claims, by area. Further information on this topic may be available from the Energy Saving Trust directly, and contact information can be found online using the following website address: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/about-us/contact-us.

The tables listed below, which detail both applications received, and applications paid, are summary tables that cover the specified time ranges and Local Authorities. Further detailed information can be found in the attached appendices.

Applications Received Q1 2012 - Q1 2021			Applications Paid Q2 2013 - Q1 2021
Local Authority	Grand Total		Local Authority	Grand Total
Aberdeen City	300		Aberdeen City	223
Aberdeenshire	700		Aberdeenshire	552
Angus	215		Angus	175
Argyll & Bute	137		Argyll & Bute	106
Clackmannanshire	83		Clackmannanshire	64
Dumfries & Galloway	148		Dumfries & Galloway	112
Dundee City	203		Dundee City	169
East Ayrshire	163		East Ayrshire	129
East Dunbartonshire	391		East Dunbartonshire	298
East Lothian	359		East Lothian	278
East Renfrewshire	369		East Renfrewshire	286
Edinburgh, City of	1043		Edinburgh, City of	786
Eilean Siar	21		Eilean Siar	12
Falkirk	297		Falkirk	245
Fife	647		Fife	530
Glasgow City	441		Glasgow City	346
Highland	342		Highland	263
Inverclyde	97		Inverclyde	80
Midlothian	249		Midlothian	208
Moray	95		Moray	76
North Ayrshire	165		North Ayrshire	125
North Lanarkshire	434		North Lanarkshire	338
Orkney Islands	86		Orkney Islands	68
Perth & Kinross	468		Perth & Kinross	368
Renfrewshire	289		Renfrewshire	234
Scottish Borders	272		Scottish Borders	212
Shetland Islands	10		Shetland Islands	6
South Ayrshire	223		South Ayrshire	177
South Lanarkshire	623		South Lanarkshire	497
Stirling	347		Stirling	276
West Dunbartonshire	78		West Dunbartonshire	63
West Lothian	436		West Lothian	341
	9731			7643

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