Fuel poverty gap (aggregate) across England 2003-2016

Figures for the years from 2003 to 2014 were taken from a previous version of this report.

Fuel poverty in England is determined according to Low Income High Costs (LIHC) definition of fuel poverty. Under the LIHC definition of fuel poverty, a household is considered to be in fuel poverty if:
-they have above average required fuel costs; and
-should they spend that amount, the residual income of the household would be below the poverty line.
By aggregating the fuel poverty gap for each individual household across all fuel poor households, the aggregate fuel poverty gap gives an impression of the depth of fuel poverty.