Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 6847 on Green Deal Scheme: Appeals, how many Green Deal Scheme appeals in each Scottish constituency have been waiting for a final decision for (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four years, (e) five years and (f) six years or more.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The numbers of complainants who have been waiting for one year, two years, three years, four years, five years and six years or more, by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, are as follows:
Years | ||||||
Parliamentary constituency | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Airdrie and Shotts | 2 | 1 | ||||
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | 1 |
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Central Ayrshire | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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East Ayrshire | 1 | |||||
East Dunbartonshire | 2 | |||||
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
East Lothian | 2 | |||||
East Renfrewshire | 2 | |||||
Edinburgh East | 2 | |||||
Edinburgh North and Leith | 1 |
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Edinburgh South | 1 | 1 | ||||
Falkirk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Glasgow Central | 1 | |||||
Glasgow East | 1 | 1 | ||||
Glasgow North | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Glasgow North East | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Glasgow North West | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Glasgow South | 1 | |||||
Glasgow South West | 1 | |||||
Glenrothes | 1 | 1 | ||||
Inverclyde | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Linlithgow and East Falkirk | 1 | 1 | ||||
Livingston | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Midlothian | 1 | |||||
Motherwell & Wishaw | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
North Ayrshire and Arran | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ochil and South Perthshire | 1 | |||||
Paisley and South Renfrewshire | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
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Rutherglen and Hamilton West | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
West Dunbartonshire | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Green Deal Scheme appeal cases in each Scottish constituency have been waiting for a final decision for (a) six to 11 months and (b) 12 months or longer since referral.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The numbers of complainants who have been waiting for six-to-eleven months or twelve months or longer, by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency, are as follows:
Parliamentary constituency | Six-to-eleven months | Twelve months or longer |
Airdrie and Shotts | 0 | 3 |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 0 | 5 |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | 0 | 2 |
Central Ayrshire | 0 | 9 |
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | 0 | 4 |
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | 0 | 9 |
East Dunbartonshire | 0 | 2 |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | 0 | 10 |
East Lothian | 0 | 2 |
East Renfrewshire | 0 | 2 |
Edinburgh East | 0 | 2 |
Edinburgh North and Leith | 0 | 2 |
Edinburgh South | 0 | 2 |
Falkirk | 0 | 4 |
Glasgow Central | 0 | 1 |
Glasgow East | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow North | 0 | 5 |
Glasgow North East | 0 | 8 |
Glasgow North West | 0 | 4 |
Glasgow South | 0 | 1 |
Glasgow South West | 0 | 1 |
Glenrothes | 0 | 2 |
Inverclyde | 0 | 5 |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 0 | 12 |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | 0 | 5 |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk | 0 | 2 |
Livingston | 0 | 3 |
Midlothian | 0 | 1 |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 0 | 3 |
North Ayrshire and Arran | 0 | 4 |
Ochil and South Perthshire | 0 | 1 |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | 0 | 19 |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West | 0 | 10 |
West Dunbartonshire | 0 | 8 |
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects the First-tier Tribunals for Green Deal scheme complaints to be concluded.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is unable to anticipate when the appeals currently with the First Tier Tribunal will be completed, as the Tribunal is outside the control of the Secretary of State.
Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2021 to Question 56668, on Green Deal Scheme: Appeals, how many Green Deal appeal cases are due to be processed as at 1 February 2022.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
As of 1 February 2022, there are 421 live Green Deal complaint cases referred to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Asked by: Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Answer of 16 March 2021 to Question 167254 on Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal Scheme, what the updated cost to the public purse is of expenditure by his Department on the Government’s legal department on First Tier Tribunal litigation related to the sale of Green Deal plans by Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
For Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd appeals at the First Tier Tribunal, the Department has incurred estimated total costs of £142,300 from the Government Legal Department.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal Scheme appeal cases have been waiting for a final decision for (a) six to 11 months and (b) 12 months or longer since referral, by Scottish constituency.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The table below provides details of how many complaints about the Green Deal, that have been referred to the Secretary of State, have been waiting for a final decision for (a) six to 11 months and (b) 12 months or longer since referral, by Scottish constituency, at 10th December 2021.
| Months outstanding | |
Parliamentary Constituency | Six-to-eleven | Twelve or longer |
Airdrie and Shotts | 0 | 4 |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 1 | 3 |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | 0 | 1 |
Central Ayrshire | 5 | 10 |
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | 0 | 5 |
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | 1 | 9 |
Dunfermline and West Fife | 0 | 2 |
East Ayrshire, Scotland | 0 | 1 |
East Dunbartonshire | 1 | 2 |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | 2 | 12 |
East Lothian | 1 | 1 |
East Renfrewshire | 0 | 2 |
Edinburgh East | 0 | 2 |
Edinburgh South | 1 | 0 |
Falkirk | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow Central | 0 | 1 |
Glasgow East | 0 | 3 |
Glasgow North | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow North East | 3 | 9 |
Glasgow North West | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow South West | 1 | 2 |
Glenrothes | 0 | 4 |
Inverclyde | 0 | 5 |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 3 | 11 |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | 1 | 4 |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk | 1 | 0 |
Livingston | 0 | 6 |
Midlothian | 0 | 1 |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 0 | 5 |
North Ayrshire and Arran | 0 | 6 |
Ochil and South Perthshire | 0 | 2 |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | 3 | 20 |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South | 0 | 6 |
Perth and North Perthshire | 0 | 3 |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West | 1 | 12 |
Stirling | 1 | 1 |
West Dunbartonshire | 1 | 7 |
Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal appeal cases are still due to be processed as at 18 October 2021.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
As of 18 October 2021, there are 382 live Green Deal complaint cases referred to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for review.
Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timeframe is for processing the remaining cases for review under the Green Deal Framework Regulations.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are aiming to respond to all remaining Green Deal appeals as soon as possible taking account of the stages in place for the handling of appeals.
Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal appeal cases are due to be processed.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
As of 7 June, the Department has a total of 334 cases for review by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State under the Green Deal Framework Regulations.
Asked by: Margaret Ferrier (Independent - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many complaints his Department has received relating to the Green Deal scheme in each of the last 12 months that do not reference the practices of Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The following table lists the numbers of appeals made, in each of the last 12 complete months, to the Secretary of State under the Green Deal Framework Regulations, regarding complaints not relating to the practices of Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd.
Month | Appeals received |
September 2019 | 4 |
October 2019 | 3 |
November 2019 | 19 |
December 2019 | 1 |
January 2020 | 2 |
February 2020 | 8 |
March 2020 | 4 |
April 2020 | 0 |
May 2020 | 1 |
June 2020 | 2 |
July 2020 | 9 |
August 2020 | 4 |