Fuel Poverty: West Midlands
(asked on 22nd February 2018) - 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 estimate he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each of the last six years.
The table below shows the number and proportion of households living in fuel poverty in the West Midlands and Coventry, from 2012 to 2015: 2016 data will not be available until summer 2018, and 2017 data will not be available until summer 2019.
| West Midlands | Coventry | ||
| Fuel Poor Households | Percent Fuel Poor | Fuel Poor Households | Percent Fuel Poor |
2012 | 340,200 | 15.2% | 20,500 | 16.3% |
2013 | 320,000 | 13.9% | 20,600 | 15.9% |
2014 | 279,700 | 12.1% | 16,800 | 13.0% |
2015 | 316,000 | 13.5% | 18,900 | 14.4% |
Household figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
The latest sub-regional fuel poverty statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics