§ Sir Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many cold weather payments were paid in each year since 1993–94. [1879]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is set out in the table:
Year Number of payments (000s) 1993–94 2,100 1994–95 11 1995–96 7,200 Figures rounded to the nearest thousand.
§ Sir Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many cold weather payments would have been paid if cold weather payments had been triggered after(a) three and (b) five consecutive days in a period of seven days in the years 1993–94,1994–95 and 1995–96; [1926]
(2) how many times cold weather payments would have been made at each weather station used to calculate cold weather payments, if cold weather payments had been triggered after (a) three and (b) five consecutive days in a period of seven days in each year since 1993–94. [1925]
§ Sir Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many times cold weather payments were triggered at each weather station used to calculate them in each year since 1993–94. [1880]
§ Mr. EvansThe information is set out in the table.
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Number of cold weather payment triggers from 1993–94 to 1995–96 Weather station 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Aberdeen 3 0 2 Aberport 0 0 2 Aughton 0 0 3 Aviemore 6 3 6 Bedford 1 0 4 Birmingham 1 0 3 Boscombe Down 0 0 3 Boulmer 0 0 1 Bournemouth 0 0 2 Braemar 1— 5 7 Brize Norton 0 0 4 Capel Curig 1— 1— 4 Carlisle 1 0 2 Chivenor 0 0 0 Cilfynydd 0 0 3 Coltishall 1 0 3 Culdrose 0 0 0 Dumfries 1 0 3 Dunkeswell 0 0 3 Easthampstead 1 0 4 Edinburgh 3 0 2 Eskdalemuir 5 1 5 Eskmeals 0 0 2 Finningley 1 0 1— Gatwick 1 0 3 Glasgow 3 0 3 Heathrow 0 0 1 Herstmonceaux 0 0 1 Honington 1 1— 1— Kinloss 3 0 3 Kirkwall 0 0 2 Leeds 0 0 1 Leeming 2 0 2 Lerwick 0 1 2 Leuchars 3 0 3 Lyneham 1 0 4 Machrihanish 0 0 1 Manchester 0 0 3 Manston 0 0 2 Marham 1 0 4 Mount Batten 0 0 1— Mumbles 0 0 0 Rhoose 0 0 2 Shawbury 1 0 4 Southampton 0 0 0 St. Mawgan 0 0 0 Stansted 0 0 4 Stornoway 0 0 1 Tiree 0 0 0 Trawsfynyd 0 0 1— Tulloch Bridge 3 3 3 Tynemouth 0 0 1 Valley 0 0 0 Waddington 1 0 3 Watnall 1 0 1— Wattisham 0 0 4 Whitby 0 0 2 Whithorn 0 0 1— Wick 1 0 2 Wilsden 3 0 6 Wyton 0 0 1— Yeovilton 0 0 3 Total 49 13 138 1 Not used in the scheme in that year.