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Fuel Poverty: Birmingham

Asked by Sir Andrew MitchellConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 17 July 2026UIN 16855

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in the Birmingham City Council area.

Answered by Martin McCluskey

The latest sub-regional fuel poverty data were published in May 2026, these estimated the level of fuel poverty in 2024, under the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) metric. The Birmingham Local Authority had an estimated fuel poverty rate of 13.8% (60,832 households) in 2024, which is higher than the overall fuel poverty rate in England of 9.9%.

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