Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households which (a) are in fuel poverty at present and (b) his Department expects to be in fuel poverty if the energy price cap rises to the anticipated level in October.

The latest fuel poverty statistics and estimated projections for fuel poverty in England in 2022 can be found through GOV.UK.

The Government’s published projection for the number of households in England that are in fuel poverty for the year 2022 is 3.03 million households (12.5%).

Fuel Poverty is a devolved issue in Scotland.