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The Scottish Executive's Central Heating Programme and the Warm Deal Annual Report 2003-04: BENEFITS FROM HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCHEMES IN SCOTLAND 2003-04: A REPORT BY THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
Results of the Central Heating Programme
This section describes the results of the Central Heating Programme delivered by housing associations, local authorities and Eaga. As part of this programme energy surveys of the properties were completed prior to and after the installation of improvement measures enabling a detailed analysis of the whole programme to be carried out.
The Central Heating Programme funds the installation of a central heating system and insulation measures for two groups of households:
- Households in the private sector (owner-occupiers and those who rent from a private landlord) with one or more of the occupants aged over 60, which had no central heating system or the system was irreparably broken. These properties were improved by Eaga.
- Households in the public sector, rented from either a local authority or housing association, which had no central heating system. There is no age criterion for the occupants of these dwellings. These properties were improved by local authorities and housing associations.
Types of households
Half of the properties improved by Eaga (50%) had one pensioner living in the property, while in a third of properties (32%) two pensioners were present. In the remaining 18% of properties the occupant(s) were over 60 but not yet receiving a pension.
Figure 1 shows the number of households living in public sector properties for which details of the occupants were recorded. Approximately, a third of the properties (34%) improved by local authorities and housing associations included a pensioner in the household. Added to the properties improved by Eaga, approximately two-thirds of households which benefited from the installation of central heating in their home under this programme included at least one pensioner. 1
Figure 1
Number of properties improved
A total of 16,788 properties were improved under the Central Heating Programme during 2003-04. Figure 2 shows the tenure of these properties. Eaga carried out the improvements in 10,200(61%) of these. The other 6,588 (39%) properties improved were in the public sector.
Figure 2
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