Publication - Research and analysis

The cost of remoteness: reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty

Published: 30 April 2024
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic: Communities and third sector, Energy, Equality and rights, +1 more … Farming and rural

This report calculates the updated percentage uplift required in remote rural and island areas of Scotland to calculate fuel poverty.

Davis, A., Bryan, A., Hirsch, D, Ellen, J., Shepherd, C. and Padley, M. (2021) The Cost of Remoteness: Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government.

Davis, A., Stone, J., Blackwell, C., Padley, M., Shepherd, C. and Hirsch, D., (2022) A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2022 York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

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