Sentences with phrase «in fuel poverty»

There is a crisis now, surely, for the 5.5 million households living in fuel poverty.

With the numbers of households in fuel poverty reaching crisis level, we remain seriously concerned at the loss of the Warm Front programme.

Or take a family with two incomes, perhaps not well - paid but not currently in fuel poverty.

The estimate is that 5.5 million households, or 9 million people, are now in fuel poverty.

We would offer every household, whether in fuel poverty or not, an entitlement of up to # 6,500 - worth of approved energy efficiency improvements.

We have continued our efforts to curb the increase in fuel poverty driven by energy price increases over the past decade.

So how will this benefit people living in fuel poverty?

Doctor Tobis, just as the UN and the IPCC are able to create statistical projections of increased mortality due to climate change, it is easy to project the increased mortality due to additional increases in energy costs and the subsequent placement of more people in fuel poverty.

The Government's figures on fuel poverty only go as far as 2006, and they show that 3.5 million households were in fuel poverty then, compared to 1.8 million in 2005.

With so many households already in fuel poverty, how can they justify more prise rises?

Background on the Warm Front and the successor scheme: Since 2000, when the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme was re-branded as Warm Front, with substantial additional funding and the introduction of heating measures to supplement insulation works, the scheme has formed a major element in fuel poverty policy.

^ ^ The surveys employed to assess trends in fuel poverty nationally are not consistent nor is data collection well synchronised.

«Charles Hendry: nine million people are in fuel poverty Main «A longer recession than the United States or the eurozone.

And there's no reason to beleive that, given the recent increases in UK energy bills, there are fewer households in fuel poverty today than in 2009.

Debate surrounds the extent to which the Climate Change Act has driven the rise in cost of fuel bills, and is thus responsible for the rise in fuel poverty.

The most recent official Government statistics, announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in June 2011, put the total number of households living in fuel poverty in the UK at 5.5 million in 2009 a rise of around 1 million when compared to 2008 and representing approximately 21 % of all UK households.

The CCC estimates that an investment of # 1.2 bn to 1.8 bn pa would be needed to improve the homes of those currently in fuel poverty in England up to EPC Band C by 2030 or 2025 respectively.

Maria Wardrobe, Director of External Affairs at NEA said: «The Conference is being held during what is a critical time for households in fuel poverty.

It says that families in fuel poverty are facing an income shortfall of up to # 9000 per year.

«The scheme will create an invaluable amount of environmental and social benefit for the community, ranging from help and advice for those in fuel poverty and support for young people and the school, to provision of community services and conservation and wildlife enhancement.

As part of the Policy and Research Directorate, the team supports NEA as the expert voice on behalf of the fuel poor through the provision of evidence and insights to help the charity achieve its vision of no - one living in fuel poverty.

The Committee now states that, due to unforeseen increases in energy prices since 2008, it is likely that there will be significantly more households in fuel poverty in 2020 than previously envisaged.

The CCC has now revised the initial assertion that meeting carbon budgets need not increase the number of households in fuel poverty.

The Big Six energy providers are netting huge profits while thousands of consumers are living in fuel poverty.

But Rosenow said that the total number of households in fuel poverty was around 5 million.

This popular campaign called for the Government to impose a levy on the Big Six, with funds raised ring - fenced to help people with their energy costs, prioritizing those living in fuel poverty, by making homes more energy efficient (amongst other things).

They may be in fuel poverty for a substantial period, but there is every likelihood that it will not be permanent, and that must be our hope.

Although they might not have been in fuel poverty a year ago, they may well be now or in a year's time.

This Monday 250 industry leaders and key stakeholders will meet in Scarborough to debate the issues affecting the 4.5 million UK households in fuel poverty, as part of leading fuel poverty charity NEA's 3 - day Annual Conference.

In response to official Government figures published today showing that 3.5 million households in England were in fuel poverty in 2010, National Energy Action's Chief Executive, Jenny Saunders, commented:

With the Government currently consulting on a new fuel poverty strategy for England, the next few weeks present the most significant opportunity in over a decade to influence how those in fuel poverty will be assisted in the future.

This Monday [15 September] 250 industry leaders and key stakeholders will meet in Scarborough to debate the issues affecting the 4.5 million UK households in fuel poverty, as part of leading fuel poverty charity NEA's 3 - day Annual Conference.

The Conference will bring together key decision - makers, influencers and actors to debate the new strategy as well as the other issues and policies affecting the 4.5 million UK households in fuel poverty».

One in ten UK households are living in fuel poverty, one in five of which are pensioners; and at least # 1 for every # 4 spent on heating UK homes is wasted due to poor insulation.

Labour's plans include fully covering the cost of insulation for low income homeowners and all social housing, which will particularly benefit older people living in fuel poverty and pensioners on low incomes struggling to cover the cost of skyrocketing energy bills.

More recent estimates suggest that there are actually around 5.3 million households in England in fuel poverty (CSE / Consumer Focus Now Cast data)

This standard will mean that 95 % of the 2.3 million households in fuel poverty in England will have homes that are significantly cheaper to heat.

A government scheme to aid those in fuel poverty is not fit for purpose, leading charities have claimed today.