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EDC Serial Number
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EDC0000025 |
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Title
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Fuel poverty statistics |
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Data Location
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https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics
Linked Dataset outside of EDC
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Description
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Statistics relating to the demographics of fuel poverty in England, where fuel poverty is defined by the Low Income / High Costs balance, which considers a household to be in fuel poverty if: (i) the household has required fuel costs above average (national median level) and (ii) was the household to spend that amount it would be left with a residual income below the official poverty line. |
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DOI
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(none given) |
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Sector
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Domestic |
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Coverage
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England
Start: 01/01/2010
End: 31/12/2049
Collection is ongoing, updated annually. |
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Usage Rights for this Data
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Licensed data (restrictions may apply)
Registration required (refer to end user license agreement for full conditions)
You may have to register with the data provider
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Data Type
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Aggregated |
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Parameter Names
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Number of households in fuel poverty / proportion of households in fuel poverty / aggregate fuel poverty gap / average fuel poverty gap by: tenure; housing sector (private/social); household composition; youngest person in household; oldest person in household; number of people in household; working status of household reference person; ethnic origin of household reference person; long term illness/disability; under-occupancy; vulnerability; tenure and whether the household contains someone classed as vulnerable; gas payment method; electricity payment method; After Housing Costs (AHC) equivalised income decile group; rurality; region; dwelling type; age of dwelling; SAP band; central heating and main fuel type; boiler type; wall insulation type; wall type and gas grid connection; CERT priority group eligibility; CERT super priority group eligibility; warm front eligibility (pre-April 2011 criteria); warm front eligibility (post-April 2011 criteria) |
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Units
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households |
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Number of Records
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(none given) |
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IEA Category
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Demographics
Residential and commercial
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Creator of the Data
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UK Government |
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Data made available by
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UK Government |
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Format
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application/Excel |
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Language
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English |
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Project
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National Housing Surveys National surveys of housing circumstances, condition, and energy efficiency |
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Related Datasets
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See all related datasets
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Other Information
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The key drivers behind fuel poverty are:
The energy efficiency of the property (and therefore, the energy required to heat and power the home);
The cost of energy;
Household income.
Registration with the UK Data Archive is required before data can be accessed
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UKERC Energy Data Centre 
