Fury as SNP spend £3.5m installing heat pumps in building valued at just £275k in 'lunatic' scheme

The SNP's own Fergus Ewing branded the spend 'utterly ludicrous' as he demanded the First Minister halt the heat pump scheme

ByJohn Ferguson Mark Connor
15:41, 28 APR 2024

The Scottish Government has spent £3.5million “decarbonising” a property valued at just £275,000. The tax-funded upgrade electric saw heat pumps fitted and insulation improved at Elgin’s small procurator fiscal’s office where gas bills are an average of £2500 a year.

The refurbishment, which will take 1,000 years to recoup in energy savings, was ordered by the Crown Office despite the cost engulfing the value of the premises. SNP MSP Fergus Ewing said he was horrified and demanded the First Minister call a halt to similar plans for public buildings.

He said: “It beggars belief anyone would spend £3.5million doing up an old tenement worth only £275,000. That’s 13 times the value of the property. This shows Scotland cannot afford to decarbonise its public buildings and private flat owners can’t afford it either...

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