Question follow-through · 64752

Energy: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the proportion of overall household spending by lower income households on energy costs.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 3 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 7 Jul 2025
Answer: 11 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the proportion of overall household spending by lower income households on energy costs.
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jul 2025
Answer published
DESNZ’s fuel poverty statistics include an affordability measure of the number of households in England required to spend over 10% of income on energy costs. In 2024, this was estimated at 8.99 million households (36.3%). The review of the fuel poverty st...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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