Oral Answers to Questions

Afzal Khan Excerpts

Tuesday 27th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[Liz Twist (Blaydon) (Lab)]

10. What estimate she has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in winter 2023-24.

[Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab)]

13. What estimate she has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in winter 2023-24.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Amanda Solloway)]

Fuel poverty is a devolved matter. The latest figures, published on 15 February 2024, showed that 3.17 million households were in fuel poverty in 2023. The Government continue to deliver financial support to low-income homes and vulnerable households through the warm home discount scheme and cost of living payments.

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[Amanda Solloway]

We continue to drive energy efficiency improvements for lower-income and fuel-poor households, through schemes including the energy company obligation, the social housing decarbonisation scheme and the homes upgrade grant.

[Afzal Khan]

A recent report from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit exposes the Government’s record on insulation and says that the Government’s false claims about their success mostly involved taking credit for schemes that were a legacy of the last Labour Government. A record low of around 80,000 measures were installed in total under the Government’s programmes in 2022. Is not the truth that this Government are failing millions of people in fuel poverty?