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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Monday, 9 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 October 2017 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 12 October 2017. A substantive answer was provided by Claire O'Neill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Energy: Housing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of fuel-poor homes which are insulated below Energy Performance Certificate Band C in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The number of fuel poor households which have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) below Band C can be seen in the table below:

Band F/G

Band E

Band D

Total Below Band C

Number of fuel poor households (000’s)

Proportion of all in this Band that are fuel poor (%)

Number of fuel poor households (000’s)

Proportion of all in this Band that are fuel poor (%)

Number of fuel poor households (000’s)

Proportion of all in this Band that are fuel poor (%)

Number of fuel poor households (000’s)

Proportion of all in this Band that are fuel poor (%)

2010

531

25

1,227

20

694

7

2,452

13

2011

447

24

1,146

20

772

7

2,365

13

2012

348

23

1,015

20

893

8

2,256

13

2013

313

23

875

20

1,055

9

2,243

13

2014

287

24

758

20

1,199

10

2,244

13

2015

278

27

736

20

1,337

12

2,351

15

The most recent official statistics are for the year 2015. The data above is from the fuel poverty national statistics publication which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2017

Since April 2017, the Energy Company Obligation has been 70% focussed on low income households. The scheme will improve the energy efficiency of over 300,000 homes per year. Combined with rebates of £140 for over 2 million low income households through the Warm Home Discount, this will be over £770m of support in 2017/18.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
106536
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Housing Energy Fuel poverty Insulation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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