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Home Energy Efficiency Programmes loan scheme: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for information on the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland (HEEPS) loan scheme.
Specifically:
How many people have applied for the loan scheme. How many have had a successful application.
You further clarified that you were requesting information on all loan schemes:
How much is the total amount paid out for these loans by year, for the period 2014/15 - 2017/18.
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you requested below.
Our HEEPS loan schemes started in the financial year 2014/15 with a "top up" loan available to customers receiving energy efficiency work through an area based scheme run by their local authority
From 2015/16 onwards we offered a number of loan schemes:
HEEPS loans - for energy efficiency work to an owner occupier's home. HEEPS Private Sector Landlords (PSL) loans - for energy efficiency work within a Private Sector Landlord's property. Gas infill loans – for connecting a customer's home to the gas network. Warmer Homes Scotland loans —to "top up" any customer contribution required for work carried out under a Warmer Homes Scotland grant work.
The table below sets out applications for each of these schemes.
Loans HEEPS loan HEEPS:PSL loan HEEPS: Gas Infill loan HEEPS:ABS loan HEEPS:WHS loan Loans applied for (total) 1803 262 318 1007 83 Successful loans (total) 1175 178 238 614 59 Value paid 14/15 N/A N/A N/A £42,693 N/A Value paid 15/16 £1,916,079 See HEEPS loan 15/16 £203,062 £268,949 £5,919 Value paid 16/17 £2,509,124 See HEEPS loan 16/17 £373,151 £241,101 £40,569
Please note the following:
We have considered "successful application" to mean a loan offer was issued. For the HEEPS and HEEPS:PSL paid loan figures, the spend is reported as one value because they began as one scheme, so the values provided are for both PSL and owner occupier paid loans For the schemes: HEEPS:ABS and HEEPS:WHS, the figures for applications and offers are from launch of each scheme until 31 March 2017
In addition to these loans to householders, since 2016/17 we have also offered a loan scheme to Registered Social Landlords to enable them to improve the energy efficiency of their stock. Totals for these loans are:
LOANS HEEPS: RSL loan Loans applied for 11 Successful loans 9 Value paid 16/17 £3,448,920
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