Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 21 September 2020.
Rebecca Long-Bailey
Labour, Salford and Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people in cold homes and in Fuel Poverty will be at higher risk from the worst effects covid-19 in winter 2020-21.
Jo Churchill
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
As the United Kingdom heads into its first winter with COVID-19, the impacts of the concurrent risks of COVID-19, cold weather and Fuel Poverty are not yet known. In light of the concurrent risk of COVID-19, Public Health England will be reviewing the Cold Weather Plan for England and related resources ahead of this winter.
Yes10 people think so
No3 people think not
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A household is said to be in fuel poverty when its members cannot afford to keep adequately warm at reasonable cost, given their income.
