Warm Homes Plan correspondence: EIR release

Information requested

1. Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between the office of the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and the office of ministers at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero regarding the Warm Homes Plan. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 May 2025 and 19 November 2025 inclusive.

2. Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between Scottish Government officials with a rank of deputy director or higher and UK civil servants with a rank of Grade 7 or higher regarding the Warm Homes Plan. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 May 2025 and 19 November 2025 inclusive.

3. Any correspondence (including emails, letters, phone calls, handwritten notes, WhatsApp messages or any other documents) between the office of the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and the office of ministers at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the Warm Homes Plan. Information should include but not be limited to a detailed timeline (with dates) of any contact between these individuals. Please provide this information between the dates of 1 May 2025 and 19 November 2025 inclusive.

Response

The response to each part of your question is listed below.

Part 1:

I enclose a copy of the information you requested.

• Document 9 - Heat in Buildings Bill - draft Bill publication - Group 1 letter to UK Government - 18 November 2025'

Part 2:

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because exceptions under regulations 11(2) (personal data of a third party) and 10(4)(d) (material in the course of completion) of the EIRs applies to that information. The reasons why these exceptions apply are explained in the Annex to this letter.

• Document 1- Warm Homes Plan - Director Meeting and IMG – 8/8
• Document 2 - Our meeting today – 13/11
• Document 3 - RE: WHP catch up DESNZ-Scottish Govt - 10/09
• Document 5 - Re: Urgent RE: WHP Policy Areas – 19/8
• Document 6 - RE: Warm Homes Plan – policy areas and contacts – 21/7
• Document 7 - RE: WHP catch up DESNZ-Scottish Govt – 17/10
• Document 8 - Heat in Buildings Bill - Correspondence - Letter from DD providing update Bill not proceeding (group 10) - 18 November 2025
• Document 13 - FW: WHP/CB6 Plan
• Document 14 - Devolved Governments Meeting 18 August - WHP Overview

Part 3:

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. Therefore we are refusing your request under the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs. The reasons why that exception applies are explained in the Annex to this letter.

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EIR 202500494521 - Information released - Annex A

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EIR 202500494521 - Information released - Documents

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