Fuel Poverty: Northumberland
Commons · Question 100987 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment the Department has made of the level of energy-related cost pressures on low- income households in Northumberland as referenced in the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer
Answered by Martin McCluskey, 9 Jan 2026
The 2025 sub-regional fuel poverty statistics (using 2023 data) use the LILEE (Low Income, Low Energy Efficiency) metric to estimate fuel poverty for local areas. In 2023, 16,198 households were estimated to be in fuel poverty in the Northumberland local ...