Question follow-through · 14248
Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
There were an estimated 3.17 million households in fuel poverty in England in 2023 and this is projected to decrease to 3.12 million in 2024 based on assumptions of economic factors and government policy as at January 2024. These statistics are taken from...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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