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Committee on Fuel Poverty interim report July 2021

The Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP) interim report assesses progress towards the 2025 fuel poverty milestone and 2030 target.

Applies to England

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The Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP) is an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). We monitor and provide independent, expert advice on the government’s strategy to improve the energy efficiency of fuel poor homes in England to make them more affordable to heat.

In this interim report we assess the progress towards delivering the 2025 fuel poverty Band D milestone and 2030 Band C target. We make recommendations for the design of programmes and regulations currently under consideration to accelerate progress.

Our annual report will be published in Autumn 2021, and will cover wider issues associated with fuel poverty, in particular:

  • the need to ensure a fair transition to Net Zero
  • that the impact of the transition on those in fuel poverty is clearly costed
  • the structure and affordability of energy prices and in particular, the increasing fixed elements of the bill and whether this could disproportionately impact those in fuel poverty

The forthcoming Heat and Buildings Strategy will provide greater detail on the transition to a low carbon heating system.

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Published 2 July 2021

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