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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Yes |
365 |
33.8% |
301 |
27.9% |
| No |
284 |
20.7% |
283 |
20.6% |
| Sex of Highest Income Householder |
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| Male |
335 |
23.1% |
289 |
20.0% |
| Female |
314 |
31.3% |
294 |
29.4% |
| Location |
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| Urban |
495 |
24.3% |
484 |
23.8% |
| Rural |
154 |
37.3% |
99 |
24.0% |
| Tenure |
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| 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) |
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| 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% |
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| Yes |
114 |
28.5% |
128 |
32.3% |
| No |
535 |
26.1% |
455 |
22.2% |
| Household Income (weekly) |
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| <£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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