To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many pensioners aged (a) 60 to 70, (b) 71 to 80, (c) 81 to 90 and (d) 90 and over were classified as living in fuel poverty in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) nationally in each of the last five years. (194963)

[holding answer 17 March 2008]: Splits of the level of fuel poverty by the age of the Household Reference Person (HRP) or age of the youngest/oldest member of the household are not available at a sub-national level. The detailed tables which accompany the “Fuel Poverty Strategy Report” hold information on household composition split by HRP and age of the youngest/oldest member of the household on national level only. These data are published annually with the earliest figures covering 2003, the latest figures cover 2005. It is available online through http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/fuel-poverty/index.html. The following table holds extracted details: