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Written question asked by Lord Whitehead (Labour) on Friday, 22 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 April 2024 (named day). It was answered by Amanda Solloway (Conservative) on Monday, 15 April 2024 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.


Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many rural households were in fuel poverty in (a) each region of England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland as of 22 March 2024.

Answer

DESNZ has responsibility for the measurement of fuel poverty in England. The latest estimates of fuel poverty in England are available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics

Table 5 of the detailed tables shows the number of fuel poor households by rurality in 2023 and Table 6 by region. Due to sample size constraints, it is not possible to provide suitable estimates for rural households in fuel poverty by individual region.

Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and different metrics of fuel poverty are used in the Devolved Administrations.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
20000
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Fuel poverty Rural areas
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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