What assistance is available to pensioners living in fuel poverty who are permanently resident in a mobile home.

Fuel poverty is caused by a combination of low incomes, fuel prices and poor home energy efficiency. Those on low incomes are being helped by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's reforms of the tax and benefit systems, particularly the Working Families Tax Credit and the Minimum Income Guarantee for pensioners. Competition in the provision of domestic fuel, and the activities of the Regulator, exert a downward pressure on fuel prices. In addition, some fuel companies offer fixed rate packages of gas or electricity for low-income households. Poor home energy efficiency is tackled through the Executive's Warm Deal programme.