Every year fuel poverty in the UK makes the headlines, for example: http://www.theguardian.com/big-energy-debate/2014/sep/19/fuel-poverty-no… http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2014-10-20/the-cold-weather-causes-… Fuel poverty is caused by a combination of fuel costs, poverty and inefficient housing stock, and can have a range of effects including Negative environmental effects …

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When Cambridgeshire County Council received the funding to develop our approach to Open Data in the County we were naturally very pleased. Eight months later after the hard slog of delivering a project to time / budget we can reflect …

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Introduction The Census tells us that more than 322,000 households were living in the Cambridge housing sub-region in 2011. Of these approximately: • 210,000 were owner-occupiers and 3,700 were shared owners • 48,000 lived in social housing rented either from …

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QUESTION Each year I have to visit every home in Cambridgeshire. Is there anything you can do to help me plan my visits? Where are the most populated areas in the county, from the largest city to the smallest hamlet, …

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The Government’s Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) sets out the desired outcomes for public health and how they should be measured. The PHOF focuses on two high-level outcomes covering life expectancy and reducing inequalities in life expectancy. A supporting set …

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