Home Energy Scotland information: EIR release
- Published
- 17 January 2025
- Directorate
- Energy and Climate Change Directorate
- Topic
- Energy, Public sector
- FOI reference
- EIR/202400439658
- Date received
- 7 November 2024
- Date responded
- 6 December 2024
Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
Information requested
How much funding has been allocated to Home Energy Scotland in each year since 2019-20, including the current year to date?
How many staff has HES employed in each year since 2019-20, including the current year to date?
How many individuals has HES directed to grants, support and funding in each year since 2019- 20, including the current year to date?
Response
1 The table below outlines the years of funding allocation 2019 – 2024
|
Funding allocated by year |
|||||
|
2019-2020 |
2020-2021 |
2021-2022 |
2022-2023 |
2023-2024 |
2024-2025 |
Home Energy Scotland Advice services |
£8.3m |
£8.1m |
£9.4m |
£12.3m |
£13.5m |
£14.6m |
Home Energy Scotland low carbon transport advice |
£334k |
£367k |
£388k |
£377k |
£366k |
£19k* |
Total |
£8.634m |
£8.467m |
£9.788m |
£12.677m |
£13.866m |
£14.79m |
*To 31 October 2024
2 Staff employed by HES each year from 2019 FTE (Full Time Equivalent)
|
HES advice network FTE |
EST staff FTE |
2019-20 |
121.9 |
29.2 |
2020-21 |
131.8 |
27.9 |
2021-22 |
126.6 |
38.1 |
2022-23 |
186.2 |
51.9 |
2023-24 |
192.2 |
53.6 |
Full staffing figures are not yet confirmed for 24/25.
3 The table below lists the number of households supported, and of those, the number referred to one of our funding schemes by Home Energy Scotland advisors since 2019.
FY |
Total Households supported** |
Warmer Homes Scotland |
HEEPS: ABS |
Other EE schemes (incl. HESGL) |
Low Carbon Transport schemes |
Ebike loan |
Low Emission zone support fund |
2019-20 |
92,681 |
5455 |
2985 |
8765 |
2762 |
1501 |
- |
2020-21 |
90,468 |
6583 |
2421 |
9400 |
2598 |
2837 |
477 |
2021-22 |
114,392 |
7382 |
1707 |
11905 |
4768 |
2159 |
1479 |
2022-23 |
138,347 |
12813 |
2204 |
19352 |
1064 |
2012 |
1812 |
2023-24 |
128,791 |
12183 |
1825 |
17729 |
408 |
234 |
994 |
2024-25 to 31 Oct |
- |
5974 |
550 |
8199 |
- |
- |
- |
** support may have been referral to one of the funding programmes as detailed above, or may have been advice, referral to crisis funding, benefits checks or other relevant organisations for assistance.
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