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The Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement
Annex A
Section 88 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001
(1) The Scottish Ministers must, within 12 months of the coming into force of this section, prepare and publish a statement setting out the measures which they and local authorities have taken, are taking, and intend to take for the purposes of ensuring, so far as reasonably practicable, that persons do not live in fuel poverty.
(2) The measures to be set out in the statement must include measures for ensuring the efficient use of energy (for example, by installation of appropriate equipment or insulation).
(3) The statement must specify:
(a) a target date (which must be within 15 years of the date of publication of the statement) for achieving the purpose mentioned in subsection 1, and
(b) interim objectives towards achievement of the purpose.
(4) The Scottish Ministers-
(a) must keep the statement under review,
(b) may from time to time modify the statement, and
(c) must publish any modified statement.
(5) Before preparing or modifying the statement the Scottish Ministers must consult:
(a) such persons as appear to them to represent the interests of those living in fuel poverty; and
(b) such other persons,
as they see fit.
(6) The Scottish Ministers must, within 4 years of the date of publication of the statement and at least once every 4 years thereafter, prepare and publish a report on the measures referred to in the statement which have been taken since the date of its publication, as the case may be, the date of the last such report.
Annex B
The HBAI definition of income before housing costs
Under this definition, income includes total income from all members of the household, including dependants, and includes the following components:
- usual net earnings from employment;
- profit or loss from self-employment;
- all Social Security benefits (including Housing Benefit, Social Fund, maternity, funeral and community care grants, but excluding Social Fund loans) and Tax Credits;
- income from occupational and private pensions;
- investment income;
- maintenance payments, if a person receives them directly;
- income from education grants and scholarships (including, for students, top-up loans and parental contributions);
- the cash value of certain forms of income in kind (free school meals, free welfare milk, and free school milk).
Under this definition, income is net of the following items:
- income tax payments;
- National Insurance contributions;
- Council Tax;
- Contributions to occupational pension schemes (including additional voluntary contributions) and any contributions to personal pensions;
- All maintenance and child support payments, which are deducted from the income of the person making the payment;
- Parental contributions to students living away from home.
Annex C
Members of the Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Group
David Brownlee | Age Concern Scotland |
Gavin Corbett | SHELTER Scotland |
Charles Coulthard | Ofgem |
John Foley | ScottishPower |
Stuart Hay | Help the Aged |
Eddie Lafferty | Transco |
Ann Loughrey | Energy Action Scotland |
Alan McKeown | COSLA |
Hamish McPherson | Scottish Gas |
Dianne Millen | Communities Scotland |
David Orr | SFHA |
Malcolm Sayers | energywatch |
Kirstie Shirra | Friends of the Earth (Scotland) |
Mike Thornton | Energy Saving Trust, Scotland |
Douglas Watt | Solid Fuel Association |
Linda Young | Scottish and Southern Energy plc |
Geoff Huggins | Scottish Executive (Chair) |
Vicky Carlin | Scottish Executive |
Callum Percy | Scottish Executive |
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