Fuel Poverty: Pensioners

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 9 September 2024.

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Photo of Andrew Cooper Andrew Cooper Labour, Mid Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who will be in fuel poverty in winter 2024-25.

Photo of Miatta Fahnbulleh Miatta Fahnbulleh Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The latest statistics on fuel poverty in England cover 2023 and can be found in the published Official Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics. Table 23 and Table 30 provide estimates of the number of households in fuel poverty by age of the oldest person in the household, and by employment status of the household reference person, respectively. Statistics for 2024 will be published in early 2025.

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