Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill and Fuel Poverty Strategy: equality impact assessment

Results of the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on the policy development of the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill and Fuel Poverty Strategy.


Annex A

Equality Impact Assessment Record – Table of Characteristics

Table 1: Fuel Poverty Rates (2016) comparing the current and proposed new definition

Current definition

New definition

Number of fuel poor households (thousands)

% of households who are fuel poor

Number of fuel poor households (thousands)

% of households who are fuel poor

Total

649

26.5%

584

23.8%

Household Type

Older households

311

40.6%

174

22.8%

Families

66

12.2%

118

21.6%

Other households

272

23.8%

292

25.6%

Age of Highest Income Householder

Under 35

60

15.2%

112

28.4%

35-64

277

21.4%

299

23.0%

35-74

423

24.8%

382

22.3%

Over 65

311

40.8%

173

22.8%

Over 75

165

47.5%

90

26.0%

Long-term sickness or disability

Yes

365

33.8%

301

27.9%

No

284

20.7%

283

20.6%

Sex of Highest Income Householder

Male

335

23.1%

289

20.0%

Female

314

31.3%

294

29.4%

Location

Urban

495

24.3%

484

23.8%

Rural

154

37.3%

99

24.0%

Tenure

Owned

296

37.1%

140

17.6%

Mortgaged

78

11.1%

81

11.4%

LA / public

127

35.9%

139

39.1%

HA / coop

73

27.1%

108

40.2%

PRS

74

23.1%

116

35.9%

Private

449

24.5%

337

18.4%

Social

200

32.1%

246

39.6%

EPC Band ( SAP 2012)

B-C

137

14.2%

198

20.5%

D

313

29.4%

274

25.7%

E

133

41.8%

80

25.0%

F-G

66

65.7%

32

32.0%

SIMD: Most Deprived 15%

Yes

114

28.5%

128

32.3%

No

535

26.1%

455

22.2%

Household Income (weekly)

<£200

263

86.9%

277

89.6%

£200-£300

229

49.3%

204

44.2%

£300-£400

94

24.0%

76

19.5%

£400-£500

27

10.1%

12

4.6%

£500-£700

28

6.4%

10

2.3%

£700+

7

1.3%

4

0.7%

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