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Fuel Poverty: Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Asked by Melanie WardLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 23 July 2024UIN 547

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of households spent more than 10 percent of their household income on energy bills in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy constituency in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

DESNZ has responsibility for the measurement of fuel poverty in England. The latest

estimates of fuel poverty in England are available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics

Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and different metrics of fuel poverty are used in the Devolved Administrations.

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