Fuel Poverty
(asked on 5th November 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to chart 4.2 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report 2015, published by her Department on 28 May 2015, what proportion of the (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association households are in fuel poverty.
This question was answered on 23rd November 2015
The number and proportion of fuel poor households in England by tenure are shown below:
Tenure | Local Authority | Owner occupied | Private Rented | Housing Association |
2003 - Number of fuel poor households (000s) | 496 | 1,220 | 483 | 215 |
2003 - Proportion of households (%) | 21 | 8 | 25 | 14 |
2013 – Number of fuel poor households (000s) | 193 | 1,104 | 816 | 234 |
2013 – Proportion of households (%) | 12 | 8 | 19 | 10 |