Fuel Poverty: Disability
(asked on 27th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of fuel poverty on disabled people in England.
This question was answered on 7th March 2023
The annual, official fuel poverty statistics for England were published on 28 February 2023, and can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2023 (detailed table 26).
The statistics include the effect of high energy prices on fuel poor households, including fuel poor households who have a long-term illness or disability.