HC Deb 02 March 1999 vol 326 c623W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how non-fuel-poor households are defined in figure D of his Department's Background Paper on Fuel Poverty and Current Government Programmes; and if he will make a statement. [73774]

Mr. Meale

The paper uses the standard definition applied by academics and organisations active in the sector, of non-fuel, poor households being those needing to spend 10 per cent. or less of household income to achieve a satisfactory indoor heating regime (21°C in the living room and 18°C in the other occupied rooms).