HC Deb 27 November 2000 vol 357 cc437-8W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the (i) cost and (ii) number of beneficiaries of extending the winter fuel payment scheme to all households without a resident aged 60 years or over but with a resident in receipt of(a) the higher rate care component of disability living allowance, (b) the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance,(c) the higher rate care and the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance, (d) the higher or medium rate of disability living allowance care component and (e) any form of disability living allowance. [140289]

Mr. Rooker

The information is as follows.

The estimates cost, and number of households to benefit if the winter fuel payment scheme was extended to all households without a resident aged 60 years or over but with a resident in receipt of the following benefits:

Cost (£ million) Households benefiting
Higher Rate Care component 50 250,000
Higher Rate Mobility component 130 650,000
Higher Rate Care and Mobility component 30 150,000
Higher Rate or Middle Rate Care component 130 650,000
Any Disability Living Allowance (DLA) 240 1,200,000

Notes:

1. Based on DLA administrative data, May 2000 and Family Resources Survey data.

2. Cost rounded to the nearest ten million, gainers to the nearest fifty thousand.

3. Winter Fuel Payment is considered to be paid at £200 for gaining households.

Mr. Roy

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency are entitled to receive the winter fuel payment this year; and what the total amount paid out in each constituency will be. [139101]

Mr. Rooker

Information based on payments made so far this winter has been placed in the Library.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the (i) cost and (ii) number of beneficiaries of extending the Winter Fuel Payment scheme to all households without a resident aged 60 years or over but with a resident in receipt of Invalid Care Allowance and(a) the higher rate care component of Disability Living Allowance, (b) the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, (c) the higher rate care and/or the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, (d) the higher or medium rate of Disability Living Allowance care component and (e) any form of Disability Living Allowance. [140291]

Mr. Rooker

The information is as follows.

Estimated cost, and numbers of households to benefit if the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) scheme was extended to all households without a resident aged 60 or over, but with a resident in receipt of Invalid Care Allowance and a resident in receipt of one of the following benefits:

Cost £ million Households benefiting
Higher Rate Care component 20 100,000
Higher Rate Mobility component 20 100,000
Higher Rate Care and/or Mobility component 20 100,000
Higher Rate Care or Middle Rate Care component 30 150,000
Any Disability Living Allowance (DLA) 30 150,000

Notes:

1. Based on DLA administrative data May 2000 and Family Resources Survey data.

2. Cost rounded to the nearest 10 million, gainers to the nearest 50,000.

3. WFP is considered to be paid at £200 for gaining households.