Cold Homes in Each of Scotland's Parliamentary Constituencies

Existing Homes Alliance Scotland Factsheet: Cold Homes in each of Scotland’s Parliamentary Constituencies Proportion Estimated Proportion Estimated Number of Number of Scottish of ‘cold proportion Scottish of ‘cold proportion ‘cold ‘cold Parliamentary homes’ households Parliamentary homes’ households homes’, homes’, Constituency EPC D-G in Fuel Constituency EPC D-G in Fuel EPC D-G EPC D-G (%) Poverty (%) (%) Poverty (%) Aberdeen Central 23,000 55% 29% Falkirk East 22,300 65% 36% Aberdeen Donside 19,900 57% 26% Falkirk West 20,300 59% 32% Aberdeen South Galloway and and North 20,500 63% 30% 24,600 73% 52% West Dumfries Kincardine Aberdeenshire Glasgow 21,100 66% 41% 17,300 48% 37% East Anniesland Aberdeenshire 20,000 67% 43% Glasgow Cathcart 19,900 55% 35% West Airdrie and Shotts 18,400 62% 35% Glasgow Kelvin 20,600 51% 30% Glasgow Maryhill Almond Valley 20,800 60% 25% 18,700 51% 40% and Springburn Angus North and 20,300 65% 40% Glasgow Pollok 19,000 54% 38% Mearns Angus South 21,500 68% 40% Glasgow Provan 18,100 54% 37% Glasgow Argyll and Bute 22,800 78% 59% 15,000 43% 36% Shettleston Glasgow Ayr 23,600 66% 38% 17,400 54% 38% Southside Banffshire and Greenock and 25,000 77% 46% 22,000 63% 40% Buchan Coast Inverclyde Caithness, Hamilton, Larkhall Sutherland and 26,100 81% 63% 20,800 64% 36% and Stonehouse Ross Carrick, Cumnock Inverness and 22,300 67% 44% 24,300 64% 38% and Doon Valley Nairn Clackmannanshire Kilmarnock and 17,100 60% 33% 21,100 58% 34% and Dunblane Irvine Valley Clydebank and 17,900 56% 34% Kirkcaldy 22,800 63% 38% Milngavie Clydesdale 22,900 73% 47% Linlithgow 22,700 58% 31% Coatbridge and Mid Fife and 17,400 58% 31% 20,300 66% 33% Chryston Glenrothes Midlothian North Cowdenbeath 20,800 67% 33% 19,100 57% 30% and Musselburgh Midlothian South, Cumbernauld and 17,800 64% 31% Tweeddale and 21,600 65% 37% Kilsyth Lauderdale Cunninghame 22,600 68% 43% Moray 23,800 71% 43% North Cunninghame Motherwell and 18,600 63% 35% 18,600 56% 34% South Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Dumbarton 20,600 64% 36% 11,000 88% 74% Iar Proportion Estimated Proportion Estimated Number of Number of Scottish of ‘cold proportion Scottish of ‘cold proportion ‘cold ‘cold Parliamentary homes’ households Parliamentary homes’ households homes’, homes’, Constituency EPC D-G in Fuel Constituency EPC D-G in Fuel EPC D-G EPC D-G (%) Poverty (%) (%) Poverty (%) Dumfriesshire 25,800 75% 48% North East Fife 21,400 70% 39% Dundee City East 21,100 61% 38% Orkney Islands 7,700 79% 55% Dundee City West 19,500 57% 37% Paisley 21,000 60% 39% Dunfermline 19,600 62% 30% Perthshire North 22,100 69% 46% Perthshire South East Kilbride 19,700 60% 29% 22,200 67% 39% and Kinross-shire Renfrewshire East Lothian 20,500 64% 36% 19,100 67% 33% North and West Renfrewshire Eastwood 19,900 75% 36% 19,500 64% 37% South Edinburgh Central 24,400 59% 30% Rutherglen 20,500 59% 35% Edinburgh Eastern 20,600 55% 34% Shetland Islands 8,000 80% 50% Edinburgh Skye, Lochaber 19,700 44% 28% 26,000 81% 61% Northern and Leith and Badenoch Edinburgh 18,000 58% 33% Stirling 18,100 57% 37% Pentlands Edinburgh Strathkelvin and 20,100 57% 29% 23,300 72% 33% Southern Bearsden Edinburgh Uddingston and 20,800 63% 32% 18,500 58% 31% Western Bellshill Ettrick, Roxburgh 22,900 72% 47% and Berwickshire Notes on Data Data prepared by Changeworks (www.changeworks.org.uk), on behalf of the Existing Homes Alliance. Number of EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) households per constituency gathered and aggregated from ward-level data obtained from the EPC register (managed by the Energy Saving Trust), which is regularly updated. The total number of ‘cold homes’ are pro-rata’d based on the total number of households per constituency and rounded to the nearest 100 households. Fuel poverty statistics are estimates according to Changeworks fuel poverty mapping data. These estimates were calculated using aggregated Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) data for 2011-2013 and 2011 UK Census data for Scotland. The SHCS is the official Scottish Government annual fuel poverty statistics bulletin at national and Local Authority level. Changeworks data estimates fuel poverty for sub-local authority geographic areas (of around 350 households each), allowing the estimation of fuel poverty at Scottish constituency level, which is not possible using SHCS data. ‘Cold homes’: The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that, as a minimum, properties should be raised to an EPC band C and ideally to a band B to help reduce the risk of death and ill health associated with living in a cold home. Further information: Elizabeth Leighton, Policy advisor and secretariat - Existing Homes Alliance Scotland [email protected] Ph: 07792647005 www.existinghomesalliancescotland.co.uk .

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