Fuel Poverty
(asked on 5th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative estimate with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the number children in (a) households in fuel poverty and (b) other households who have been diagnosed with respiratory syncytial virus in each of the last five years.
The table below shows the estimated number of fuel poor households with dependent children and the estimated number of dependent children within those households in the last five years:
| Fuel poor households with dependent child(ren) (000s) | Dependent children in fuel poor households (000s) |
2016 | 1,612 | 3,197 |
2017 | 1,627 | 3,276 |
2018 | 1,434 | 2,963 |
2019 | 1,279 | 2,670 |
2020 | 1,272 | 2,728 |
The fuel poverty statistics are classified based on dependent children who are defined as those under 16 or 16-18 and in full-time education
Data does not exist on the number of households with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) for each of the last 5 years. UKHSA produces a weekly surveillance report that details the number of cases - National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2022 to 2023 season.