Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 - 2nd proposed extension: statement of reasons
We have prepared this Statement of Reasons to set out why The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Date) Regulations 2023 should be made.
Annex G
Estimated levels of fuel poverty in urban and rural areas
The following tables set out projected fuel poverty levels across urban and rural areas, which have been updated to reflect the Ofgem energy price cap being set at £2,074 for a typical household from July 2023. The projections use the same methodology as other projections of fuel poverty contained in the Updated Economic Context section of the first report to the Scottish Parliament.[52]
| Fuel poverty rate October 2022 |
Fuel poverty rate July 2023 |
Percentage point change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Large urban areas |
35% |
35% |
0% |
| Other urban areas |
33% |
32% |
-1% |
| Accessible small towns |
31% |
31% |
0% |
| Remote small towns |
44% |
40% |
-4% |
| Urban Subtotal |
34% |
34% |
-1% |
| Accessible rural |
28% |
28% |
0% |
| Remote rural |
52% |
50% |
-2% |
| Rural Subtotal |
37% |
36% |
-1% |
| Scotland |
35% |
34% |
-1% |
Note: estimates in this table are to the nearest one percentage point but percentage point changes have been calculated using unrounded estimates. Therefore, any differences are due to rounding.
| Households in fuel poverty October 2022 |
Households in fuel poverty July 2023 |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Large urban areas |
310,000 |
310,000 |
0 |
| Other urban areas |
290,000 |
280,000 |
-10,000 |
| Accessible small towns |
70,000 |
70,000 |
0 |
| Remote small towns |
40,000 |
40,000 |
0 |
| Urban Subtotal |
710,000 |
690,000 |
-10,000 |
| Accessible rural |
80,000 |
80,000 |
0 |
| Remote rural |
80,000 |
80,000 |
0 |
| Rural Subtotal |
160,000 |
150,000 |
0 |
| Scotland |
860,000 |
850,000 |
-20,000 |
Note: estimates in this table are to the nearest 10,000 households but changes have been calculated using unrounded estimates. Therefore, any differences are due to rounding.
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