This dataset is a Scottish Fuel Poverty Index created in the summer of 2023 by
EDINA@University of Edinburgh as part of their student internship programme. The user guide provides
descriptions of each data variable used in creating the index. The basic rationale was to replicate for
Scotland work that had been conducted previously but only in respect to England and Wales. The two
indices are not strictly directly comparable due to data availability and spatial granularity but provide
standalone snapshots of relative fuel poverty across Great Britain. The Scottish Index is fully open
source and for purposes of transparency and repeatability this guide provides an open methodology
and is accompanied by the underlying data. Data are provided in good faith ’as is’ and is the sole
product of student effort as part of mentoring activities conducted by EDINA at the University.
Each variable that was used in the Index was normalised relative to the individual values for that
variable - which means the values presented in the underlying FPI data table do not represent the
actual numbers for each local authority - merely the percentage relative to the other local authorities
in Scotland. A separate file ”Fuel-poverty-index-raw-data-with-calc.csv” is available which contains
the raw percentages used for the index along with a table containing the calculations used to obtain
the final score and the main FPI data table.
Fuel Poverty Index: This file contains the normalised processed data that makes up the Scottish fuel poverty index with variables being in range of 1 to 100. Some variables have been weighted depending on how important they are to the index. The final scores rating each Scottish local authority from 1 to 100 are also included at the end column.
Raw data: This file contains the raw unprocessed data that the index was created from for all Scottish local authorities.