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The estimated number and proportion of households which are fuel poor in 2013 under the Low Income High Costs indicator in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency are shown in the table below.<\/p>
<\/p>
| <\/td> | Number of households in fuel poverty (thousands)<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td> Proportion of households in fuel poverty within the area (%)<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> England<\/p><\/td> 2,347<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire and the Humber<\/p><\/td> 240<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/347644/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level and detailed data on the age of household occupants is not available at the sub-regional level. The table below shows the number and proportion of fuel poor households which contain at least one child under the age of 16 in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, in 2013.<\/p> <\/p> Fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (000s)<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td> Proportion of fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (%)<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> England<\/p><\/td> 1,064<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire and Humberside<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td> 52<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> In Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough the total number of households in fuel poverty was estimated to be six thousand, representing 14 per cent of all households in the region.<\/p>"}
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