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Fuel poverty
Part of the Living Standards domain. Share of households in fuel poverty on the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) measure, England.
Latest data
Latest reading
2025
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
75Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics in England
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Series ID
- desnz_fuel_poverty
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 7 July 2026
Known weakness
England-only LILEE metric (devolved nations use different definitions); the LILEE definition changed in 2021 and pre-2019 backcasts are indicative.
Notes
Verified official value from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (desnz_fuel_poverty), accessed 2026-07-07.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13.4 | |
| 2020 | 13.2 | |
| 2021 | 13.1 | |
| 2022 | 13.4 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 9.9 | |
| 2025 | 9.4 |