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Heating: Housing

Asked by Ben LakePlaid CymruDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 19 March 2026UIN 120959

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of domestic properties which use (a) oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas for heating purposes by parliamentary constituency.

Answered by Martin McCluskey

The Department does not produce bespoke estimates of the number of domestic properties using oil or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for heating by parliamentary constituency. Information on the heating fuels used by households is published by the Office for National Statistics and the devolved administrations.

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