Fuel poverty statistics: archive

Annual fuel poverty reports

The latest annual fuel poverty statistics report is available on the Fuel poverty statistics web page.

However, versions of the report from the previous two years, as well as the supporting indicators, are available to download:

2011 report:

Annual report on fuel poverty statistics 2011 Size: [1.35 MB] File Type: [.pdf]
Fuel poverty monitoring indicators 2011 Size: [664 KB] File Type: [.pdf]

2010 report

Annual report on fuel poverty statistics 2010 Size: [444 KB] File Type: [.pdf]
Fuel poverty monitoring indicators 2010 Size: [352 KB] File Type: [.pdf]

2009 report:

Annual report on fuel poverty statistics 2009 Size: [379 KB] File Type: [.pdf]
Fuel poverty monitoring indicators 2009 Size: [296 KB] File Type: [.pdf]

Sub-regional fuel poverty data

2009 data

Estimated fuel poverty levels at low levels of geography are available for 2009 in the excel workbook:

The sub-regional fuel poverty data is described in more detail in the document:

Estimated fuel poverty levels at low levels of geography are available for 2008 in the excel workbook:

The data is described in more detail in the document:

2006 data

Estimated fuel poverty levels for 2006 are available in the excel spreadsheets:

Local authority fuel poverty levels, 2006 Size: [70 KB] File Type: [.xls]

The 2006 sub-regional fuel poverty data is described in more detail in chapter 8 of the Annual Report on Fuel Poverty Statistics, 2009, and in the full methodology document below:

2006 fuel poverty models Size: [1.09 MB] File Type: [.pdf]

Detailed census output area level fuel poverty rates for 2006 are available on request by emailing fuelpoverty@decc.gsi.gov.uk and including ‘2006 COA data’ in the subject bar.

2003 data

Similar data for sub-regional fuel poverty for 2003 are available on the Fuel Poverty Indicator website.


Archived methodology documents

Fuel poverty methodology documentation Size: [150 KB] File Type: [.pdf]
Updates to fuel poverty methodology, 2006 Size: [68 KB] File Type: [.pdf]
Updates to fuel poverty methodology, 2005 Size: [38 KB] File Type: [.pdf]

Other analysis

Following an assessment by the UK Statistics Authority, the fuel poverty statistics were given National Statistics accreditation subject to three requirements. One of these requirements was to assess the impact on published estimates of the modelling assumptions. A report of the analysis done to address this requirement is available:

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