Recommendation 14

LHEES are clearly an important tool in the Scottish Government's net zero ambitions and have been very successful in developing a significant body of data across all 32 local authorities. It appears, however, that to build on this through local authority delivery of the actions identified, they will require additional long-term investment to build their capacity. The Committee welcomes the Scottish Government's review of LHEES and recommends that it sets out how the Scottish Government will use the review and results of this to build on the valuable existing work.