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Fuel Poverty: Pensioners

Asked by Tracy GilbertLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 9 September 2024UIN 3520

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who will be in fuel poverty in winter 2024-25.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

The latest statistics on fuel poverty in England cover 2023 and can be found in the published Official Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics. Table 23 and Table 30 provide estimates of the number of households in fuel poverty by age of the oldest person in the household, and by employment status of the household reference person, respectively. Statistics for 2024 will be published in early 2025.

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