PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Fuel Poverty (5 November 2015)

Question Asked

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.

Asked by:
Clive Lewis (Labour)

Answer

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



Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
23 November 2015

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