<p>In July of this year, the Government announced its' intention to adopt the low income high costs definition of fuel poverty, based on the recommendations from Professor Hills' independent review. Statistics on fuel poverty under this indicator were published in August. The estimated number and proportion of households in fuel poverty in 2011 for (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the west midlands and (d) England under the low income high costs definition are given as follows:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">LIHCDefinition<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Geographylevel<br /></td><td valign="top">Name<br /></td><td valign="top">Numberin fuel poverty(thousands)<br /></td><td valign="top">Proportion(%)<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Localauthority<br /></td><td valign="top">Coventry<br /></td><td valign="top">20<br /></td><td valign="top">15.7<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Parliamentaryconstituency<br /></td><td valign="top">CoventryNorthEast<br /></td><td valign="top">7<br /></td><td valign="top">15.5<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Region<br /></td><td valign="top">Westmidlands<br /></td><td valign="top">316<br /></td><td valign="top">13.8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Country<br /></td><td valign="top">England<br /></td><td valign="top">2,390<br /></td><td valign="top">10.9<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p>