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The first insulation installations under the Home Insulation Scheme are expected to be carried out in early December 2009.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27367 on 24 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Households living in hard-to-treat properties will be assisted under the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) through the provision of energy audits, benefits advice and social tariff checks. Figures for the number of such properties assisted will not be available until HIS delivery has begun and monitoring and evaluation has taken place. However, HIS will focus on the delivery of insulation measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation and for this reason we have selected areas which offer greater potential for these measures.

At this stage, it is not possible to estimate how many households will have insulation measures installed under the Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) that will be fully paid for. When HIS is fully underway and data is being collected for monitoring and evaluation purposes it will be possible to provide more informed estimates.

The bulk of publicity and promotion costs under the Home Insulation Scheme will be delivered by the managing agent and funded by the Scottish Government. However, in some cases, local agencies are providing complementary support for publicity and promotion.

The areas in which the Home Insulation Scheme will be deployed in 2010-11 have not yet been selected.

Home Insulation Scheme (HIS) assessors are due to begin visits to every house in a HIS area in early November, with the exception of those households who have previously responded by other means such as in response to a direct mailing. It is not possible at this stage to accurately estimate the number of visits which will be made by the end of 2009. Our planning and funding framework is based on financial years, i.e. 2009-10 for the first phase. When HIS is underway and data is collected for monitoring and evaluation purposes it will be possible to provide more informed estimates.

Our initial estimate of potential emission savings under the Home Insulation Scheme remains as stated in my answer to question S3W-23534 on 12 May 2009. The Scottish Government''s analytical framework for carbon assessment is under continuing development and this may affect the calculation of future estimates.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Marketing of the Home Insulation Scheme is due to begin in late September 2009 to raise awareness within the participating areas. A publicity campaign will launch in early November and will last for the duration of the first phase, until 31 March 2010.

The Scottish Government holds information only on those compulsory purchase orders submitted to Scottish ministers as the confirming authority. We do not hold information on those orders instigated by a local authority but not submitted for confirmation or on the outcome of the order following confirmation by ministers.

The table shows compulsory purchase orders submitted by local authorities to the Scottish Ministers and those confirmed by them within 2008. The following table also shows the purposes for which the orders were made.

Number of Local Authority Compulsory Purchase Orders Received and Confirmed in 2008

Council	Purpose	2008
		Received	Confirmed1
Aberdeen City	Schools	1	1
Aberdeenshire	Listed Building	0	1
Argyll and Bute	Housing	1	0
Clackmannanshire	Planning	1	1
Dundee City	Planning	1	1
East Ayrshire	Planning	1	0
East Renfrewshire	Housing	0	1
Falkirk	Planning	0	1
	Roads	1	1
Fife	Housing	1	0
Glasgow	Housing	3	0
	Planning	3	0
North Ayrshire	Housing	2	0
North Lanarkshire	Housing	1	0
Shetland Islands	Roads	1	1
South Lanarkshire	Housing	1	0
	Planning	0	1
Total		182	9

Notes:

1. There are circumstances where Orders have been confirmed in 2008 but were promoted in either 2006 or 2007 and are therefore not noted in the column marked Received.

2. Includes three Orders subsequently withdrawn.