Written Question · S3W-16606 · Session 3
How many and what percentage of (a) heating oil and (b) other fuel users lived in fuel poverty in each of the last five years.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of (a) heating oil and (b) other fuel users lived in fuel poverty in each of the last five years.
The answer
The Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) collects this data, but only for the years 2002, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 of the last five years. As the data is from a survey, all figures are estimates. The SHCS estimates of the count and percentage of people in households which use heating oil or not by whether they are in fuel poverty or not is shown in the following table:
Heating Oil
| Estimated count
| Estimated %
Year
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
2002
| 210,000
| 40,000
| 84
| 16
2003-04
| 239,000
| 54,000
| 82
| 18
2004-05
| 295,000
| 75,000
| 80
| 20
2005-06
| 246,000
| 101,000
| 71
| 29
Other Fuels
| Estimated Count
| Estimated %
Year
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
2002
| 4,320,000
| 466,000
| 90
| 10
2003-04
| 4,386,000
| 552,000
| 89
| 11
2004-05
|
Heating Oil
| Estimated count
| Estimated %
Year
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
2002
| 210,000
| 40,000
| 84
| 16
2003-04
| 239,000
| 54,000
| 82
| 18
2004-05
| 295,000
| 75,000
| 80
| 20
2005-06
| 246,000
| 101,000
| 71
| 29
Other Fuels
| Estimated Count
| Estimated %
Year
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
| Not in Fuel Poverty
| In Fuel Poverty
2002
| 4,320,000
| 466,000
| 90
| 10
2003-04
| 4,386,000
| 552,000
| 89
| 11
2004-05
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-16606 by reference.