DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-8393-1
title: English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2016
title: English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Datasets, 2003-

description: &lt;p&gt;The English Housing Survey (EHS) Fuel Poverty Datasets are comprised of fuel poverty variables derived from the EHS, and a number of EHS variables commonly used in fuel poverty reporting. The EHS is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Government (MHCLG) that collects information about people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Safeguarded and Special Licence Versions &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Similar to the main EHS, two versions of the Fuel Poverty dataset are available from 2014 onwards. The Special Licence version contains additional, more detailed, variables, and is therefore subject to more restrictive access conditions. Users should check the Safeguarded Licence (previously known as End User Licence (EUL)) version first to see whether it meets their needs, before making an application for the Special Licence version. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;w:sdt text="t" id="748390001" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fuel Poverty Statistics, 2016&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/w:sdt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;w:sdt text="t" id="748390001" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Fuel Poverty Energy Efficiency Rating (FPEER) figures for 2016 are based on improved RdSAP assumptions, introduced in November 2017. Users are therefore advised that there will be a step-change between 2016 data and data published in previous years. Please see section Chapter 1 of the fuel poverty publication for further information on RdSAP changes: &lt;a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2018"&gt;https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2018&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/w:sdt&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1"&gt;&lt;w:sdt text="t" id="748390001"&gt;The fuel poverty dataset
 is comprised of fuel poverty variables derived from the English Housing Survey
 (EHS), and a number of EHS variables commonly used in fuel poverty reporting.
 The fieldwork for the EHS is carried out each financial year (between April
 and March). The fuel poverty datasets combine data from two consecutive
 financial years. Full information on the EHS survey is available at the &lt;/w:sdt&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) &lt;span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1"&gt;&lt;w:sdt text="t" id="748390001"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey"&gt;EHS&lt;/a&gt; website. &lt;a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics"&gt;Fuel Poverty Statistics&lt;/a&gt; are also available from gov.uk.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/w:sdt&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1"&gt;&lt;w:sdt text="t" id="748390001"&gt;Further information on fuel poverty and the EHS can be sought from
 FuelPoverty@beis.gov.uk and ehs@communities.gov.uk respectively. Guidance on
 use of EHS data provided by MHCLG should also be applied to the fuel poverty
 dataset.&lt;/w:sdt&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;