HC Deb 21 January 2004 vol 416 c1279W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many fuel poor households there are in(a) Lancashire and (b) each district in Lancashire; [146968]

(2) how many (a) children and (b) elderly people are living in fuel poor households in each Lancashire district. [146969]

Nigel Griffiths

Fuel poverty is defined as a household having to spend more than 10 per cent. of its income on all energy use in order to maintain satisfactory heat in the home. The current published official estimates of fuel poverty are extrapolated from a sample survey of 17,500 dwellings carried out in 2001.

Figures are not available at county level.