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Fuel poverty statistics
This series brings together all documents relating to fuel poverty statistics.
Fuel poverty in England is measured using the Low Income High Costs (LIHC) indicator. Under the LIHC indicator, a household is considered to be fuel poor if:
- they have required fuel costs that are above average (the national median level)
- were they to spend that amount, they would be left with a residual income below the official poverty line
There are 3 important elements in determining whether a household is fuel poor:
- household Income
- household energy requirements
- fuel prices
The 2017 fuel poverty dataset and the associated English Housing Survey (EHS) data behind the statistics presented will be made available on the UK data archive later in 2019.
Please note that you must first register before you can access the data.
2017 statistics
2016 statistics
2015 statistics
2014 statistics
2013 statistics
2012 statistics
2011 statistics
2010 statistics
Other documents
- Energy Trends: March 2019, special feature article - Comparison of theoretical energy consumption with actual usage
- Energy Trends: December 2018, special feature article - Do households move in and out of fuel poverty?
- Fuel poverty statistics methodology handbook
- Accessing the 2014 Fuel Poverty dataset on the UK Data Service: a note to users
- The effect of uncertainty on the 2008 fuel poverty statistics
Published 19 September 2013
Last updated 13 June 2019 + show all updates
Last updated 13 June 2019 + show all updates
- Fuel poverty statistics 2019 published (2017 data).
- 2018 fuel poverty statistics published (2016 data)
- Latest fuel poverty statistics published.
- Accessing the 2014 Fuel Poverty dataset on the UK Data Service - a note to users.
- latest annual reports and data
- Latest statistics published.
- First published.