Fuel Poverty Advisory Group

The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG) for England is an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body, sponsored by DECC and comprising a wide range of member organisations. The Group consists of a Chairman and senior representatives from the energy industry, charities and consumer bodies. Each member represents their organisation, but is expected to take an impartial view.

FPAG is an advisory Non Departmental Public Body. Members are representative ex officio members, rather than individuals. The Chair and members of the Group are unpaid.

The role of the Group is:

• to consider and report on the effectiveness of current policies aiming to reduce fuel poverty
• to consider and report on the case for greater co-ordination
• to identify barriers to reducing fuel poverty and to developing effective partnerships - and to propose solutions
• to consider and report on any additional policies needed to achieve a reduction in fuel poverty
• to encourage key organisations to tackle fuel poverty
• to consider and report on the results of work to monitor fuel poverty

You can email the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group at fpag@decc.gsi.gov.uk   

Member organisations of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group

• Chair: Derek Lickorish
• Public Utilities Access Forum (PUAF)
• National Grid
• Scottish Power
• Scottish and Southern Energy
• British Gas
• E.ON UK
• National Energy Action
• RWEnpower
• Child Poverty Action Group
• National Heart Forum
• Association for the Conservation of Energy
• Age UK
• Consumerfocus
• Local Government Association
• Carillion Energy Services
• Citizens Advice
• EDF Energy
• Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes

FPAG Review

It was announced to the House on 15 May 2012 that FPAG would undergo a review as part of the Cabinet Office’s commitment to undertake Triennial Reviews of all Executive and Advisory Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB). 

The aims of the review are:

• to provide a robust challenge of the continuing need for an NDPB to carry out these roles – both their functions and their form; and
• if it is agreed it should remain as an Advisory NDPB, to review the control and governance arrangements in place to ensure that the public body is complying with recognised principles of good corporate governance.

Follow the first link below for the consultation on the role of FPAG. The consultation is open from 15 May to 12 June 2012. 

We will publish the findings of the Review on the DECC website in the summer.

• Triennial Review of the Government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group
• Written Ministerial Statement on Fuel Poverty Advisory Group Triennial Review

Annual reports of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group

• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group: ninth annual report 2010
  (published November 2011)
  Associated press release 
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): eighth annual report 2009
  (published July 2010) 
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): seventh annual report 2008
  (published July 2009)
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): sixth annual report 2007
  (published March 2008)
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): fifth annual report 2006
  (published April 2007)
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): fourth annual report 2005
  (published March 2006)
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): third annual report 2004/5
  (published 2005)
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): second annual report 2003/4
  (published 2004)
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (for England): first annual report 2002/3
  (published 2003)