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To encourage reduced car ownership and use, Transport Scotland is supporting theestablishment of car clubs in urban populations over 25,000 and a network of community-ledrural car clubs. Eleven car clubs have so far received support from the Developing Car
Clubs in Scotland programme, including city-based schemes in Aberdeen and Dundee and anumber of community-led schemes. Car clubs also have potential to give drivers experience
of low carbon vehicles. http://www.carplus.org.uk/dccsreview/
In addition to the policies and proposals in RP P2, we are investing more than 1 billion peryear to encourage people out of their cars and onto public transport or other sustainable
transport, including developing the infrastructure to support electric cars, and increasing theproportion of transport spending that goes on low-carbon, active and sustainable travel.
Electric vehicles are an emerging technology, but are likely to have an important role to play
in delivering emissions reduction in the long term. We have recently established the E-cosse
partnership, involving industry, government, energy companies, enterprise bodies and non-governmental organisations to promote the adoption of electric vehicles. We are also taking
action domestically to encourage conversion to alternative technologies and fuels. We are
actively supporting the Aberdeen Hydrogen project in partnership with Scottish Enterprise
and industry.
We also work constantly with our partners in public transport on ways to attract newpassengers. We provide bus operators with 50 million of grant annually to help keep fare
levels down and provide support for the bus network. In addition, the Green Bus Fund has
so far supported the purchase of 71 low carbon buses (with investment of 5.75 million in
two rounds) with purchase of a further 40 or so anticipated through an additional 3 million
made available this financial year. Our strategy on smart ticketing and planned
improvements in public transport integration will support further modal shift, while the
Intelligent Transport Systems on our trunk roads and motorways will encourage moreefficient driving and smoother traffic flows, which can result in a reduction in emissions per
vehicle and in fuel consumption.
This Government is proud of its record on housing with two-thirds of homes rated 'good' in
terms of energy efficiency compared to less than half that number in 2002-3. The need to
reduce energy demand in new homes and the benefits of improved insulation is already well
recognised within the 'Homes and Communities' section of the draft RP P2. Our nationalretrofit programme will be launched on 1 April as the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes
for Scotland and will refurbish or refit Scotland's older homes. Our planned spending on theprogramme is in line with the Energ"y, Enterprise and Tourism Committee's recommended
budget of 200 million a year, from Government and energy companies, to tackle fuel
poverty and cut emissions from homes.
The Committee on Climate Change recognised the progress we have made on housing in its
recent report on Scotland, noting in particular that rates of loft insulation in Scotland doubledbetween April 2008 and March 2012. While we will continue to insulate Scotland's remaining
lofts and cavity walls, the ambitious new programmes being introduced in April willincreasingly focus on the more difficult and expensive to treat homes. Our pilot projects,
announced last November, have already shown that we can achieve significant leveragethrough energy company obligations - over 3 to every 1 of Scottish Government funding.
The success of the pilots suggests that the 200 million target is achievable. These pilot
projects are already set to improve the energy efficiency of 2,200 homes.
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In relation to new homes, the draft RP P2 also identifies a further proposal to review energy
efficiency standards. Following research to investigate the costs and benefits of further)mprovements we are consulting on proposals to reduce emissions from new homes by 45%.
when compared with 2007 standards. This equates to a further 21% reduction in emissions
when compared with the 2010 building regulations, which themselves delivered a 30%. .improvement over the 2007 standards. Current proposals offer balance in recognition of the
need to both reduce C02 emissions and promote sustainable economic growth. The
consultation may be viewed on the Scottish Government website at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/01/4018.
You specifically asked, on behalf of your constituents,.how confident I am in delivering the
42% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. I want to reassure you that, even i~the EU
does not move to a higher EU-widetarget of 30% reduction in emissions by 2020, Scotland
would achieve a 42.8% reduction in emissions from the revised, higher level of baseline
emissions, assuming both policies and proposals are delivered. If the EU does adopt a 30%t~rget, which would give a steeper trajectory for reducing emissions in the traded sector,
t~en Scotland would potentially a~hieve a 46.6% reduction from the revised baseline
emissions again assuming both policies and proposals~are-delivered.
I hope this provide$ you with reassurance on our proposals and policies and makes clear the.
Scottish Government's commitment to deliver on our climate change target of at least a 42%reduction in emissions by 2020 and 80% by 2050, from a 1990 baseline and addresses the
injportant issues that your constituent has raised.,
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