How it arrived at its recently announced target for eliminating fuel poverty.

The Scottish Executive is committed to ending fuel poverty by 2016 and has set an interim target that the number of households in fuel poverty will fall by 30% between 2002 and 2006. This target was set following discussions with the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group which includes as members the energy companies, COSLA, Friends of the Earth, Energy Action Scotland, Help the Aged, Age Concern, the Energy Saving Trust, Ofgem, energywatch and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations. The target is subject to review in 2003 when information from the 2002 Scottish House Condition Survey becomes available.