Fuel Poverty
(asked on 18th November 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people over the age of (1) 65, (2) 75, and (3) 85, in the United Kingdom they estimate to be living in fuel poverty.
Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level. Fuel Poverty is a partially devolved issue, with each separate administration having their own targets and producing their own statistics. Data on Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is available from:
Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/12/3017
Northern Ireland: http://www.nihe.gov.uk/index/corporate/housing_research/house_condition_survey.htm
The number of fuel poor households in England under the LIHC indicator containing someone over the age of (1)65 and (2)75 is given below:
Age of oldest person in household | Number of households (000's) | Total number of households (000's) | Proportion of fuel poor households (%) | ||
Not fuel poor | Fuel poor | ||||
over 65 | 5,176 | 383 | 5,559 | 16.8 | |
over 75 | 2,328 | 180 | 2,508 | 7.9 | |
The sample size of households from the English Housing Survey with someone aged over 85 is too small to produce accurate data.