Written question asked by Chris Evans (Labour) on Thursday, 7 July 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 July 2011. It was answered by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Monday, 11 July 2011 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Fuel Poverty: Islwyn

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of households in Islwyn constituency which were living in fuel poverty in 2009-10.

Answer: Data on households in fuel poverty in Wales are derived from the Living in Wales property survey, 2008 and are supplied by the Welsh Government. The survey was designed to allow analysis at an all Wales level only, so the Welsh Government are unable to supply data at a parliamentary constituency level.In 2008, the latest year for which this data is currently available, 332,000 households in Wales were estimated to be fuel poor. This is equivalent to 26% of all households.

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