Fuel Poverty

(asked on 4th February 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, what impact assessment has been undertaken of the numbers of households which will be classed as being in fuel poverty due to the energy cap rise (a) without any mitigation measures and (b) with the mitigation measures announced on 3 February 2022.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 9th February 2022

The next fuel poverty statistics are due to be published on the 24th February. The report will include data for 2020 on the number of households living in fuel poverty in England and analysis of the composition of fuel poor households, as well as projections of the number of households in fuel poverty in 2021 and 2022.

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