Release
How fuel poverty is measured in the UK: March 2023
Provisional release date:
March 2023
Important information:
This release was announced as an official statistic in error. This is a research article and is still scheduled to be published.
Summary
This article has been written in consultation with the producers of fuel poverty statistics to help support users’ understanding of the different ways fuel poverty is measured across the UK. This article explains the methods used and how this relates to fuel poverty strategy in the UK. It is the first article to use published data to explore the differences and similarities in how the UK measures deal with the main influences of fuel poverty: energy efficiency, household income and energy prices.