§ 26. Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many households containing elderly persons in(a) Inverclyde and (b) Scotland received the winter heating allowance in the last year. [115890]
§ Angela EagleLast winter in Scotland [99/00] around 900,000 Winter Fuel Payments were made at a cost of around £70 million. We estimate that approaching 12,000 payments were made to around 9,000 households at a cost of more than £900,000 in the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency area.
Next winter [00/01] payments will be increased from £100 to £150 per eligible household.