Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the number of people aged over 60 in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Dudley Borough.
The most recent fuel poverty data available for England and the West Midlands is for the year 2009. The most recent local authority level data available is for 2008. Data on fuel poverty is presented in terms of the number of households affected. The data shows that:
In 2009, nearly two million households containing someone aged over 60 in England were in fuel poverty. This represents 27% of all households containing someone over 60 in England.
In 2009, 0.3 million households containing someone aged over 60 in the West Midlands were in fuel poverty. This represents 37% of all households containing someone over 60 in the West Midlands.
In 2008, around 26,000 households in the local authority of Dudley were in fuel poverty. This represents 25% of all households in Dudley. Data on fuel poverty amongst over 60s in Dudley is not available.
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