Why all local authority houses outside Glasgow will have central heating by April 2004 but not all such houses in Glasgow will, as referred…

Answered Asked by Kenneth Gibson SNP Lodged 25 Sep 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive why all local authority houses outside Glasgow will have central heating by April 2004 but not all such houses in Glasgow will, as referred to in its Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement, and when it expects that all such houses in Glasgow will have central heating.

The answer

Answered by Hugh Henry on 9 Oct 2002 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The number of council houses in Glasgow which lack central heating is greater than the total number of council houses elsewhere in Scotland without central heating. It will take time to install central heating in all the houses concerned in Glasgow. Nevertheless, resources will be made available to the council, and later the Glasgow Housing Association, to ensure that all houses have central heating within only four years. This reflects our commitment, set out in the Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement, that by 2006 all pensioner households and tenants will have a centrally heated and well insulated home.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-29989 by reference.