Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 119603

Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas

Tabled: 10 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Chris Kane

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in rural and off-gas-grid areas in the last 12 months.

Answer

Martin McCluskey

Fuel poverty is a devolved policy area and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero produces official statistics on fuel poverty in England. The latest statistics for England include trends for households off the gas grid (Table 5). This shows a re...

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