Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 126859

Fuel Poverty

Tabled: 13 April 2026

Answered: 16 April 2026

Named Day

Question

Abtisam Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty who live in properties that do not have loft insulation.

Answer

Martin McCluskey

The latest annual fuel poverty statistics estimate that around 873,000 households in England were in fuel poverty in 2025 and lived in properties with under 125 mm of loft insulation, equivalent to a fuel poverty rate of 13.3% for this group. This compare...

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