Fuel Poverty

Mr. Roger Williams
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) people and (b) households were in fuel poverty in each region in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kidney
Fuel poverty is measured at household level rather than at individual level.

The Department's latest estimates for fuel poverty are for 2007, available online at:

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/fuelpov_stats/fuelpov_stats.aspx

The following table provides the number of households in fuel poverty for each English region:

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|Thousand                |
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|Government Office Region|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|
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|North East              |95|103|126|179|206|
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|East Midlands           |112|101|145|236|272|
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|East of England         |115|141|155|224|253|
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|London                  |108|119|120|254|309|
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|North West              |178|190|268|415|472|
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|South East              |149|133|169|291|333|
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|South West              |139|134|181|256|259|
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|West Midlands           |146|153|197|304|383|
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|Yorkshire and The Humber|180|163|169|273|333|
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|Total                   |1,222|1,236|1,529|2,432|2,819|
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