Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 116319

Fuel Poverty

Tabled: 26 February 2026
Answered: 5 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the projected funding required to meet the fuel poverty targets set out in the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England by 2030.

Answer

Martin McCluskey
The Government is determined to double the pace at which we slash fuel poverty. DESNZ will publish new fuel poverty statistics on 26 March. As a result of decisions taken in the Budget, energy bills are set to fall by 7% or £117 from April. The expansion ...

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