Heating Oil: Rural Homes

Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 24 March 2026.

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Photo of Euan Stainbank Euan Stainbank Labour, Falkirk

About 30% of households in the Braes villages use alternative heating sources such as heating oil—that is far above the district, Constituency or Scottish nationwide average. The Scottish Government’s decision to deliver the scheme nationally rather than locally is creating anxiety in those communities that they may be forgotten by Holyrood. What assurances have Ministers received from their Holyrood counterparts that Scottish heating oil support will be available and proportionate for communities such as the Braes villages?

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