In a study carried out by EDF in partnership with property data platform, Sprift, it's been found that out of 21 million homes studied in England and Wales, more than half only had insulation that met the standards of the mid 1970s or older and less than 10% had an "insulation age" of 2002 or younger.

Shockingly, out of those 21 million homes, the study shows that only 4,633 homes had an insulation age of 2013.

EDF, whilst stating that they would be setting aside £20 million to spend on energy efficiency measures for fuel poor homes called on both Govt and the energy industry to urgently find new ways to get more homes insulated as soon as possible given there will be further home energy price rises coming in the autumn.