<p>The exact number of homes that do not have access to the gas network is not held centrally.</p><p>Estimates have been produced based on information from the Gemserv database on the location of electricity meters, and data from xoserve and independent gas transporters on the location of gas meters, which are used to produce the Department’s sub-national energy statistics. Subtracting the number of gas meters from the number of electricity meters produces a broad estimate of the number of homes that do not have access to the gas network. It should be noted that these estimates will overestimate the number of homes due to some homes having more than one electricity meter, and also that the statistics may include non-domestic gas meters. Meter point consumption data is available at a local authority level, and not by constituency. The number of homes that do not have access to a mains gas supply in the Barrow and Furness constituency can be estimated by combining figures for Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland local authorities.</p><p>It is estimated, that, for 2011, 15,802 homes in the Barrow and Furness constituency did not have access to the gas network; this represents 18.3% of homes in the area.</p><p>The underlying data on the number of gas and electricity meters in each local authority are available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-electricity-consumption-data</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-gas-consumption-data</p>