Scotland's draft Climate Change Plan 2026-2040: island communities impact assessment

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2018) Islands (Scotland) Act: Islands (Scotland) Act - legislation.gov.uk

2 Scottish Government (2019) The National Plan for Scotland’s Islands: The National Plan for Scotland's Islands - gov.scot-planscotlands-

3 Scottish Government (2022) Island communities impact assessments: guidance and toolkit - gov.scot

4 Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009: Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

5 Climate Change (Emissions Reductions Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024: Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2024

6 Just Transition Commission: The Commission – Just Transition Commission

7 Scotland's Labour Market Insights: October 2024 - gov.scot

8 Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

9 Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019 - gov.scot

10 NB: Scottish Household Survey (SHS) Local Authority fuel poverty estimates are based on a three-year pooled sample. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there is no SHS data for 2020 and incomplete data for 2021, so it is not possible to produce the three-year average for 2020 – 2022. Therefore, 2017 – 2019 Local Authority data tables remain the most recent available data.

11 Scottish Government analysis of the Energy Savings Trust Home Analytics database (2024)

12 Footnotes - Heat in buildings strategy: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

13 Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

14 Source: internal Scottish Government analysis of postcode level gas statistics Postcode level gas statistics: 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

15 Energy price cap | Ofgem (2023)

16 Retail market indicators - Ofgem.gov.uk (2024)

17 We note that there is no single definition of ‘traditional buildings’ – which may be considered to be buildings built pre-1919, or buildings built after this date but in the ‘style’ of pre-1919 buildings (i.e., solid stone wall construction). This makes accurate analysis of these figures challenging.

18 Scottish Government analysis of the Energy Savings Trust Home Analytics database (2024)

19 EPC ratings (A-G) are a proxy for energy efficiency. Properties rated A are considered the most energy efficient, and properties rated G the worst.

20 Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019 - gov.scot

[i] Inhabited islands analytical report | Scotland's Census

[ii] National Islands Plan Survey: final report - gov.scot

[iii] Scottish House Condition Survey: Local Authority Analysis 2017-2019 - gov.scot