Fuel Poverty: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what proportion of pensioner households in (a) England and (b) the UK were in fuel poverty (i) in each year since 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which information is available. (303530)

Figures on the number and proportion of fuel poor households containing someone aged 60 or over are shown in the following table. Data on a consistent basis are only available from 2003 to 2007, the latest year for which figures are available.

*Age of oldest person in household—60 or over*
	Fuel poor households
60 or more	Number (1,000) households	Proportion of pensioner households in fuel poverty
2003	634	8.9
2004	604	8.2
2005	794	10.5
2006	1,285	17.0
2007	1,462	18.4

Figures are available for England only.

Volume 501: debated on Wednesday 2 December 2009