Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 23 November 2001. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Friday, 23 November 2001 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households in the Isle of Wight spent over 10 per cent. of their household income on fuel and were living in fuel poverty in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001. - (Includes figure. (Holding answer 19 November 2001).

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many households in the Isle of Wight spent over 10 per cent. of their household income on fuel and were living in fuel poverty in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001. [16123] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 19 November 2001]: The estimates of the number of fuel poor in England are based on data from the English house condition survey. Due to the nature of the survey, it is not possible to estimate the number of fuel poor within individual areas such as the Isle of Wight. The latest available information suggests that for the whole south-east Government office region, there were an estimated 270,000 households in fuel poverty in 1998.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 375 c517W;375 c519W; 16123
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Households Fuel poverty Heating Fuels Income Isle of Wight Poverty
Contains statistics: Yes
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