The Scottish Executive's Central Heating Programme and the Warm Deal - Annual Report 2001/02
The Warm Deal
This section describes the results of the Warm Deal delivered by EAGA PARTNERSHIP and by local authorities. As in previous years, the results for properties improved by EAGA PARTNERSHIP were calculated in a different way to those produced for local authority properties. This was due to constraints in the data available. 11
Types of households living in properties improved by Eaga Partnership
Figure 15 shows the types of households that benefited from improvements to their home under the Warm Deal (Eaga Partnership). More than one-third of households (38%) were pensioners. No data are available for properties improved by local authorities.
Number of properties improved
A total of 40,877 properties were improved under the Warm Deal; 18,549 by local authorities and 22,328 by Eaga Partnership.
Effects of improvements
The effects of improvements in properties improved under the Warm Deal programme can be described in the same way as those improved under the Central Heating Programme:
- Change in the NHER.
- Changes in predicted emissions of CO 2, NOx and SOx.
- Change in predicted expenditure on fuel.
Effects of improvement on NHER
Properties improved under the Warm Deal (Eaga Partnership) were found to have an increase in the average NHER of 0.7 from 4.4 to 5.1. The average NHER of Warm Deal properties prior to improvement was slightly higher than that for those in the Central Heating Programme: 4.4 compared with 3.1. This is to be expected as many of the properties in the Warm Deal programme already had some form of central heating, which was not the case for those in the Central Heating Programme. Figure 16 shows that privately rented properties have the biggest proportion of properties that are rated as NHER 'poor'.
Figure 17 shows the NHER improvements for different tenures.
Effects of improvements on emissions
Total emissions of CO 2 are predicted to be reduced by 28,938 tonnes per annum, emissions of SOx by 184 tonnes per year and emissions of NOx 185 tonnes per year. 12
Effects of improvements on costs
Predicted heating costs for households in properties improved under the Warm Deal (Eaga Partnership) fell by 54 on average, from 616 to 562. Warm Deal (local authority) households are predicted to see a 74 reduction in heating costs from 657 to 583 a year.
Tenure of properties
Figure 18 shows the tenure of properties improved by Eaga Partnership. Just over two- thirds of these belonged to either local authorities or housing associations, with the majority of the remainder being owner-occupied. 'Other' refers to tied properties. Local authorities owned more than a third (37%) of properties improved under the Warm Deal (Eaga Partnership). Combining this with the number of properties improved by the local authorities themselves, then the total number of local authority properties improved in 2001/02 under the Warm Deal was 26,363 (64% of the homes improved).
