Fuel Poverty: South West
(asked on 15th March 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate she has made of the number of households affected by fuel poverty in (a) Torridge and West Devon constituency and (b) the South West of England in each of the last three years.
The estimated number and proportion of households affected by fuel poverty in (a) Torridge and West Devon and (b) the South West of England for each of the past 3 years are shown below:
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013* | |||
| Number of fuel poor households | Percentage of households | Number of fuel poor households | Percentage of households | Number of fuel poor households | Percentage of households |
Torridge and West Devon | 4,081 | 9.7% | 4,937 | 11.4% | 6,101 | 13.8% |
South West England | 211,024 | 9.4% | 217,210 | 9.3% | 274,888 | 11.5% |
*2013 estimates are based on an updated energy consumption model, therefore, any changes between 2012 and 2013 figures should be treated with caution.