Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty in the (a) Vale of Clwyd and (b) UK in each of the last six years.

Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy does not hold data on fuel poverty in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Each nation in the UK has its own fuel poverty definition, targets and policies to tackle the issue. As each country uses different measures and heating assumptions, an overall UK figure is not available.

The latest fuel poverty statistics for Wales can be found at: http://gov.wales/topics/environmentcountryside/energy/fuelpoverty/fuel-poverty-levels/?lang=en