To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households in the Hemel Hempstead constituency that are in fuel poverty. (261278)

The most recent year for which constituency level estimates of fuel poverty are available is 2003. The data for fuel poverty levels for 2003 come from the Fuel Poverty Indicator dataset, available online at:

http://www.fuelpovertyindicator.org.uk/

In 2003, there were around 2,000 households in the constituency of Hemel Hempstead living in fuel poverty.

Fuel poverty is not measured at an individual level.