Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 18867

Fuel Poverty: Death

Tabled: 9 December 2024

Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of levels of fuel poverty on levels of excess deaths in each of the last two years.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) does not collect data on the potential impact of levels of fuel poverty on levels of excess deaths. The Government is committed to a preventative approach to public health. Keeping people warm and we...

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