The Scottish Government was yesterday accused of �sitting on its hands� over climate change as it was revealed that not one person was given help to insulate their home during the first two months of a new fuel policy.

The Scottish Government was yesterday accused of "sitting on its hands" over climate change as it was revealed that not one person was given help to insulate their home during the first two months of a new fuel policy.

Figures obtained by Labour showed no-one in Scotland had insulation or draught-proofing fitted eight weeks after the SNP's Energy Assistance Package came into force.

Sarah Boyack, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Environment, said the SNP "talk a good game" while "the statistics tell a different story".

She said: "It is jaw-dropping that no-one has been given assistance to insulate their homes. MSPs last month passed ambitious targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2020 and we can't afford for the SNP government to sit on its hands."

Housing Minister Alex Neil dismissed the claims as "blatant scaremongering".

He said: "In just the first two months of the Energy Assistance Package being available it has helped more than 3000 households in Scotland through energy saving advice, welfare advice, moving people over to social tariffs and helping people to apply for a range of packages including insulations, new boilers and draughtproofing.

"For the first time, families with children aged under five, or children with a disability aged below 16, are eligible for significant assistance where they are in receipt of benefits and living in an energy- inefficient home as well as those pensioners who qualify."

He added: "It's all backed by record funding from the Scottish Government, over £60m a year."