HC Deb 03 February 1998 vol 305 c619W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will list the number of cold weather payments triggered in the current financial year by(a) weather station and (b) total value. [26797]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is set out in the table:

Weather station Number of triggers this financial year Estimated number of payments made Estimated total cost (£)
Loch Glascarnoch 1 1,904 16,184
Sennybridge 1 44,318 376,703
Eskdalemuir 1 3,587 30,490
Totals 3 49,809 423,377