To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what trends in energy prices he forecasts for the forthcoming winter; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of those trends on fuel poverty levels in (a) the north-west and (b) the UK. (278681)

DECC do not publish projections of energy prices. Ofgem have recently published their second quarterly report which provides greater transparency regarding the relationship between wholesale prices and retail energy prices.

This can be found at:

http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Pages/MoreInformation. aspx?docid=98&refer=Markets/RetMkts/ensuppro