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The Welsh Government’s fuel poverty scheme, Nest, provided free home energy improvements to nearly 5,000 homes last year, and helped householders  save an average of £475 per household. 

“It is widely acknowledged that the most effective way of tackling fuel poverty is by improving the energy efficiency of our homes. However for those people who are vulnerable, living on low incomes or living in hard to heat homes the cost of installing energy measures can often put this option out of reach. 

“Our energy efficiency programme, which includes the Nest scheme,  was specifically designed  to assist those groups most at risk of fuel poverty and I am proud of these latest figures which show  that in  the last year nearly 5,000 households in Wales benefitted from the installation of energy efficiency measures that will result in a real reduction in their fuel bills. 

 

“I have seen for myself the impact that having a warm home can have on people’s health and well being, which is why we are also funding research to look at the link between home energy improvements and people’s health and whether this type of assistance also has the potential to reduce hospitalisation rates for some conditions.”