Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many children in England were classed as living in fuel poverty in each year since May 2010.

Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level. The number of households in fuel poverty in England, which contain at least one child under the age of 16, is shown in the table.

Fuel poverty is measured using the Low Income High Costs measure, which is only available back to 2011.

Number of households in fuel poverty which contain at least one child under the age of 16