Winter Fuel Payment

HC Deb 06 February 2001 vol 362 c468W

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 15 January 2001,Official Report, column 80W, concerning winter fuel payments, how many of the people who were incorrectly issued with a winter fuel payment in 1997–98 were allowed to keep the money. [148497]

Mr. Rooker

As I said in my written answer of 15 January 2001, no further information is available.

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioner households in Crosby have benefited from the winter fuel allowance. [148336]

Mr. Rooker

The information is not available in the format requested, as Winter Fuel Payment statistics are not collected by household. For such information as is available on the number of payments made in each parliamentary constituency so far this winter I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Northavon (Mr. Webb) on 31 January 2001,Official Report, column 238W.