Fuel poverty: Household heating and lighting cut backs in the UK 2012
Did your household cut back on fuel use at home in any of these ways last winter, because you could not afford the costs?
This statistic shows a measure of fuel poverty in the amount of households which had to make cut backs to save money on fuel for their home in 2012. Of the various methods, the most common were reducing the time that the heating was on, turning the heating down or off (although it was too cold) and turning out more lights than desired.
Did your household cut back on fuel use at home in any of these ways last winter, because you could not afford the costs?
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| Percentage of respondents | |
|---|---|
| Cut the number of hours the heating was on to reduce fuel costs | 29% |
| Turned out more lights in my home than I/we wanted to, to try to reduce the electricity bill | 21% |
| Turned heating down or off, even though it was too cold in the house/flat | 21% |
| Only heated and used part of the house | 14% |
| Used less hot water than I/we needed to reduce fuel costs | 8% |
| Had fewer hot meals or hot drinks that I/we needed to reduce fuel costs | 2% |
| Other cut back on fuel use to reduce fuel costs | 6% |
| None of these* | 54% |
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