Estimates should only be used to look at general trends and identify areas of particularly high or low fuel poverty. See Sub-regional fuel poverty report, 2024: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2024
The geographies are based on April 2024 geography codes. More information on geography code changes can be found at the ONS website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies
Further information
Estimated number of households - The number of households in the corresponding geographical area (modelled)
Estimated number of households in fuel poverty - The number of households in the corresponding geographical area that were in fuel poverty in 2022 (modelled)
Proportion of households fuel poor (%) - The proportion of households in the corresponding geographical area that were fuel poor in 2022
Region - Household and fuel poverty numbers at region level come from the national fuel poverty statistics, 2022
LA Code - Local authority 4 digit code (consistent with ONS geography)
LA Name - Name of local authority
LSOA Code - Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) code
LSOA Name - Name of LSOA
County - County name
Parliamentary Constituency Code - 3 digit code for 2011 parliamentary constituencies
Parliamentary Constituency Name - Name of parliamentary constituency
Additional information
The Sub-Regional Fuel Poverty Report 2024 (2022 data) is available on the DESNZ website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-2024-2022-data
More detailed information on the methodology used to model fuel poverty is available on the DESNZ website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-methodology-and-documentation
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Household numbers have been applied at sub-regional areas of geography, and scaled to English Region levels to ensure that fuel poverty and household numbers match published 2022 levels.
