Question follow-through · 53523

Fuel Poverty: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners living in households in fuel poverty in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
20 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
29 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners living in households in fuel poverty in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) does not collect local-level data specifically on pensioners in fuel poverty. The latest estimate of the fuel poverty rate in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency, based on the Low Income Low Energy ...

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