Scottish Government funding to South Ayrshire Council for Area Based Schemes (ABS): EIR release

Information requested

You asked for all information that the Scottish Government hold relating to the funding that the Scottish Government has provided to South Ayrshire Council in relation to the Area Based Scheme External Wall Insulation project. This should include all financial investment, criteria for funding, criteria relating to fuel poverty, tender for works information and details of complaints and disputes.

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested. Area Based Schemes: annual final measures reports - gov.scot

Since the beginning of the Area Based Schemes Programme, a total of £18,948,068.20 has been spent in South Ayrshire, installing 2250 measures to households to help tackle fuel poverty (breakdown below).

Date	Spend	Measures
2013-2014	£1,308,363.00	358
2014-2015	£1,392,291.00	247
2015-2016	£1,808,433.00	241
2016-2017	£1,820,826.34	252
2017-2018	£1,687,671.73	234
2018-2019	£1,174,290.99	147
2019-2020	£1,295,329.98	157
2020-2021	£1,903,071.00	208
2021-2022	£1,792,052.00	175
2022-2023	£1,669,969.00	126
2023-2024	£1,547,885.15	105
2024-2025	£1,547,885.01	Not yet reported

This year a £1,547,885.01 was offered to South Ayrshire council, which has since been increased to £1,897,885.01.

Some of the information you have requested about criteria for funding and criteria relating to fuel poverty is available from the Scottish Government website: Area Based Schemes Guidance 2022-2023: EIR release - gov.scot. Under regulation 6(1)(b) of the EIRs, we do not have to give you information which is already publicly available and easily accessible to you in another form or format. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not hold the Information relating to tender for works information. The Scottish Government does not routinely collect information about complaints and disputes about Area Based Schemes. The only information i have found that we hold relating to complaints and disputes is from your own previous correspondence with the Scottish Government. Therefore we are refusing your request under the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs.

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