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Fuel Poverty: Carers

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 26 January 2026UIN 106381

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of unpaid carers living in fuel poverty.

Answered by Martin McCluskey

The Government has made no such estimate. The information requested is not held.

The Government is committed to tackling fuel poverty and recently published a new fuel poverty strategy for England outlining our plan to lift up to one million households out of fuel poverty by 2030.

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