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Home Energy Scotland (HES) Grant and Loan Scheme extension requests: FOI release

Published
2025-01-09
Received
2024-11-03
Responded
2024-11-27
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

Breakdown on the number of extension requests made during the period the scheme has been operational, along with the percentage of those refused by the government with refusal reasons categorised.

Response

The answer to your question is since the launch of the Home Energy Scotland (HES) Grant and Loan Scheme on 1 December 2022, 163 extension requests have been submitted to Scottish Government for consideration and 13 have been refused.

The percentage of extension requests that were refused from 1 December 2022 – 15 November 2024 is: 7.97%.

The reasons these extension requests were not approved are:

No work has started on installation No completion date provided Application has already expired Sufficient time remains on current application Installation date planned for before end of previously granted extension

About FOI

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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