Fuel Poverty

(asked on 1st July 2014) - View Source
Questioner
Caroline Flint Portrait
Caroline Flint
(Labour - Don Valley)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1252, on energy markets (competition), what estimate he has made of the level of fuel poverty under the low income high costs indicator in each year between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by
Portrait
Lord Barker of Battle
This question was answered on 9th July 2014

The number of fuel poor households in England under the Low Income High Costs (LIHC) indicator of fuel poverty are available for the following years:

Fuel poor households (millions)

Percentage of households fuel poor

Year on year percentage change

1996

2.68

13.7

2003

2.44

11.8

2004

2.49

11.9

2.1

2005

2.43

11.5

-2.6

2006

2.26

10.7

-6.8

2007

2.36

11.0

4.2

2008

2.44

11.4

3.5

2009

2.49

11.5

2.0

2010

2.47

11.5

-0.5

2011

2.39

10.9

-3.4

2012

2.28

10.4

-4.5

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