To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to revise the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy in light of the upward price movements in the energy market since its publication in November 2001; and if he will make a statement. (155224)

The Energy White Paper, published in May 2007, outlined current developments in our policies and programmes aimed at tackling fuel poverty, building on the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy.

We continue to keep this policy framework under scrutiny and will report on the way forward in our next Annual Report.