Written question WQ97066
- Asked by
- Jenny RathboneLabour
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 9 days
Question
How many households have benefited from free home energy improvements through the Nest warm homes scheme by local authority since the scheme’s establishment?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
From 2011 to the end of the previous iteration of the Nest scheme in 2024 (latest figures), 61,283 lower income households in Wales had benefitted from home energy efficiency measures. This is broken down by Local Authority areas as follows:
Local Authority
Total Nest
Anglesey
1,790
Blaenau Gwent
1,652
Bridgend
3,107
Caerphilly
3,457
Cardiff
4,374
Carmarthenshire
5,468
Ceredigion
2,351
Conwy
2,606
Denbighshire
2,601
Flintshire
2,079
Gwynedd
3,031
Merthyr Tydfil
1,279
Monmouthshire
752
Neath Port Talbot
3,186
Newport
2,551
Pembrokeshire
3,108
Powys
2,592
Rhondda Cynon Taf
6,811
Swansea
4,066
Torfaen
1,264
Vale of Glamorgan
1,735
Wrexham
1,423
Total
61,283
A new iteration of the Nest Scheme began in April 2024, and we will report on the progress of year one in the autumn.