DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-8395-1
title: English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2016: Special Licence Access
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&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fuel Poverty Statistics, 2016&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&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;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&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. The midpoint of this period is April 2016, which can be considered as the 
reference date for the fuel poverty dataset. Guidance on use of EHS data 
provided by DCLG should also be applied to the fuel poverty dataset. Full information on the EHS survey is available at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) &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;/p&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;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The majority of fuel poverty variables are included in the dataset deposited at 
the UK Data Archive under the standard End User Licence (SN 8393). To comply 
with the data disclosure control guidance issued by the Government Statistical 
Service, supplementary fuel poverty variables are released under this Special 
Licence version, which is subject to more restrictive access conditions (see 
Access section below). Users are advised to obtain SN 8393 to see whether it is 
suitable for their needs before making an application for the Special Licence 
version.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Besides the information contained in SN 8393, the Special 
Licence dataset also includes the following: more detailed income information, 
the amount of energy (kWh/year) used for space heating, water heating, cooking, 
light and appliances, as well as the annual cost for each of these, the Building 
Research Establishment Domestic Energy Model (BREDEM) floor area and the boiler 
efficiency after control adjustment. More information about the extra variables 
can be found in the Fuel Poverty Special Licence Dataset Documentation.&lt;/p&gt;