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S5W-20385 · Written Question · lodged by Ross, Gail
Lodged on
04 Dec 2018Heard / answered on
21 Dec 2018To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of homes in each local authority area are not connected to the mains gas network.
The answer
The following table provides the number of estimated homes, and the percentage in each local authority, which are not connected to the mains gas network.
Off Gas Grid (OGG) Domestic properties - 2016
Estimated number OGG
Estimated % OGG
Total homes in each LA
Aberdeen City
12,922
12%
106,749
Aberdeenshire
47,201
43%
110,296
Angus
14,600
27%
53,333
Argyll & Bute
23,674
58%
41,040
Clackmannanshire
1,580
7%
23,401
Dumfries & Galloway
27,034
39%
69,202
Dundee City
12,561
18%
69,634
East Ayrshire
3,380
6%
54,748
East Dunbartonshire
2,745
6%
45,350
East Lothian
6,716
15%
44,749
East Renfrewshire
3,820
10%
38,581
Edinburgh, City of
25,668
11%
232,885
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
11,286
87%
12,951
Falkirk
7,904
11%
71,072
Fife
12,432
7%
165,833
Glasgow City
51,221
17%
293,595
Highland
68,236
63%
107,573
Inverclyde
5,007
13%
37,586
Midlothian
2,706
7%
37,766
Moray
12,172
29%
41,961
North Ayrshire
9,099
14%
63,440
North Lanarkshire
13,243
9%
150,364
Orkney Islands
10,256
100%
10,256
Perth & Kinross
22,811
34%
67,102
Renfrewshire
7,700
9%
84,025
Scottish Borders
18,884
35%
53,787
Shetland Islands
10,283
100%
10,283
South Ayrshire
7,854
15%
51,923
South Lanarkshire
24,661
17%
144,148
Stirling
8,442
22%
38,951
West Dunbartonshire
3,627
9%
42,657
West Lothian
5,440
7%
76,630
Scotland
495,165
20%
2,451,871
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network
Off Gas Grid (OGG) Domestic properties - 2016
Estimated number OGG
Estimated % OGG
Total homes in each LA
Aberdeen City
12,922
12%
106,749
Aberdeenshire
47,201
43%
110,296
Angus
14,600
27%
53,333
Argyll & Bute
23,674
58%
41,040
Clackmannanshire
1,580
7%
23,401
Dumfries & Galloway
27,034
39%
69,202
Dundee City
12,561
18%
69,634
East Ayrshire
3,380
6%
54,748
East Dunbartonshire
2,745
6%
45,350
East Lothian
6,716
15%
44,749
East Renfrewshire
3,820
10%
38,581
Edinburgh, City of
25,668
11%
232,885
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
11,286
87%
12,951
Falkirk
7,904
11%
71,072
Fife
12,432
7%
165,833
Glasgow City
51,221
17%
293,595
Highland
68,236
63%
107,573
Inverclyde
5,007
13%
37,586
Midlothian
2,706
7%
37,766
Moray
12,172
29%
41,961
North Ayrshire
9,099
14%
63,440
North Lanarkshire
13,243
9%
150,364
Orkney Islands
10,256
100%
10,256
Perth & Kinross
22,811
34%
67,102
Renfrewshire
7,700
9%
84,025
Scottish Borders
18,884
35%
53,787
Shetland Islands
10,283
100%
10,283
South Ayrshire
7,854
15%
51,923
South Lanarkshire
24,661
17%
144,148
Stirling
8,442
22%
38,951
West Dunbartonshire
3,627
9%
42,657
West Lothian
5,440
7%
76,630
Scotland
495,165
20%
2,451,871
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 Dec 2018.