Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 16855

Fuel Poverty: Birmingham

Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Sir Andrew Mitchell

ConservativeSutton Coldfield

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 in the Birmingham City Council area.

Answer

Martin McCluskey
The latest sub-regional fuel poverty data were published in May 2026, these estimated the level of fuel poverty in 2024, under the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) metric. The Birmingham Local Authority had an estimated fuel poverty rate of 13.8% ...

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