English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2014: Special Licence Access

<p>The English Housing Survey (EHS) Fuel Poverty Datasets are comprised of fuel poverty variables derived from the EHS, and a number of EHS variables commonly used in fuel poverty reporting. The EHS is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Government (MHCLG) that collects information about people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. </p><p><i>Safeguarded and Special Licence Versions </i><i><br></i>Similar to the main EHS, two versions of the Fuel Poverty dataset are available from 2014 onwards. The Special Licence version contains additional, more detailed, variables, and is therefore subject to more restrictive access conditions. Users should check the Safeguarded Licence (previously known as End User Licence (EUL)) version first to see whether it meets their needs, before making an application for the Special Licence version. </p><p><br></p> The <i>English Housing Survey, 2014: Fuel Poverty Dataset: Special Licence Access</i> is derived from the 2014 EHS database created by the DCLG. This database is constructed from fieldwork carried out between April 2013 and March 2015. The midpoint of this period is April 2014, which can be considered as the reference date for the fuel poverty dataset. Guidance on use of EHS data provided by DCLG should also be applied to the fuel poverty dataset. The dataset is the outcome of analysis conducted to produce estimates of the number of households living in fuel poverty in England in 2014. <br>
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The majority of fuel poverty variables are included in the dataset deposited at the UK Data Archive under the standard End User Licence (SN 8048). To comply with the data disclosure control guidance issued by the Government Statistical Service, supplementary fuel poverty variables are released under this Special Licence version, which is subject to more restrictive access conditions (see Access section below). Users are advised to obtain SN 8048 to see whether it is suitable for their needs before making an application for the Special Licence version.</br><br>
<b>Latest Edition Information</b><br>
For the second edition (August 2017), the variable WallType has been updated. This change is connected to the recent changes to wall insulation variables in the corresponding Housing Stock data – further information can be found with study number 8068, English Housing Survey, 2014: Housing Stock Data: Special Licence Access.<br>
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