HC Deb 16 June 2003 vol 407 cc100-2W
John Barrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland received the winter fuel allowance for the 2002–03 winter, broken down by(a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency; and what percentage these figures represent of the total numbers eligible for the allowance in each local authority and constituency. [117100]

Maria Eagle

Around one million people in Scotland received a winter fuel payment for the winter of 2002–03. Information broken down by constituency and local authority is not yet available but figures for 2001–02 are given in the tables. Most, but not all, people aged 60 and over are eligible for a winter fuel payment. The majority of entitled people receive their payments automatically but some have to claim and, because of this, we cannot provide a percentage of eligible people who received a payment.

Winter fuel payments for Scotland by parliamentary constituency winter 2001–02
Thousand
All 994.4
Aberdeen Central 11.6
Aberdeen North 12.0
Aberdeen South 15.5
Airdrie and Shotts 13.4
Angus 16.4
Argyll and Bute 15.4
Ayr 16.8
Banff and Buchan 14.7
Caithness Sunderland and Easter Ross 11.6
Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley 17.9
Central Fife 14.5
Clydebank and Milngavie 14.4
Clydesdale 15.8
Coatbridge and Chryston 12.2
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 10.0
Cunninghame North 16.3
Cunninghame South 11.5
Dumbarton 13.8
Dumfries 18.1
Dundee East 16.0
Dundee West 14.5
Dunfermline East 13.1
Dunfermline West 12.3
East Kilbride 16.3
East Lothian 16.0
Eastwood 17.8
Edinburgh Central 12.0
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 15.8
Edinburgh North and Leigh 12.1
Edinburgh Pentlands 14.2
Edinburgh South 14.2
Edinburgh West 17.5
Falkirk East 14.3
FalkirkWest 14.0
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 17.1
Glasgow Anniesland 13.9
Glasgow Baillieston 11.4
Glasgow Cathcart 12.1
Glasgow Govan 10.1
Glasgow Kelvin 9.7
Glasgow Maryhill 11.2
Glasgow Pollok 13.1
Glasgow Rutherglen 13.2
Glasgow Shettleston 11.4
Glasgow Springburn 13.2
Gordon 14.2
Greenock and Inverclyde 13.0
Hamilton North and Bellshill 12.0
Hamilton South 10.8
Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber 17.1
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 15.6
Kirkcaldy 14.1
Winter fuel payments for Scotland by parliamentary constituency winter 2001–02
Thousand
Linlithgow 12.7
Livingston 11.2
Midlothian 12.4
Moray 15.9
Motherwell and Wishaw 14.2
North East Fife 16.3
North Tayside 18.9
Ochil 13.6
Orkney and Shetland 8.0
Paisley North 12.4
Paisley South 14.1
Perth 17.2
Ross Skye and Inverness West 14.7
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 14.4
Stirling 13.9
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 16.3
Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale 13.5
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 13.5
West Renfrewshire 11.8
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 6.4

Note:

Figures are in thousands and have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

Figures may not sum due to rounding.

Source:

Matching Intelligence Data Analysis Service winter fuels payment 2001–02 exercise

Winter fuel payments by local authority in Scotland 2001–02
Thousand
All 996.4
Aberdeen City 39.1
Aberdeenshire 40.7
Angus 23.9
Argyll and Bute 20.5
City of Edinburgh 82.7
Clackmannanshire 9.0
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 6.3
Dumfries and Galloway 35.2
Dundee City 30.5
East Ayrshire 24.0
East Dumbartonshire 22.0
East Lothian 19.2
East Renfrewshire 17.8
Falkirk 28.3
Fife 70.2
Glasgow City 108.1
Highland 43.3
Inverclyde 17.3
Midlothian 15.4
Moray 17.6
North Ayrshire 27.8
North Lanarkshire 57.0
Orkney Islands 4.2
Perth and Kinross 30.5
Renfrewshire 34.0
Shetland Isles 3.8
South Ayrshire 26.4
South Lanarkshire 58.2
Stirling 16.6
The Scottish Borders 24.9
West Dumbartonshire 18.2
West Lothian 23.8

Note:

Figures are in thousands and rounded to the nearest hundred.

Figures may not sum due to rounding.

Source:

Matching Intelligence Data Analysis Service winter fuels payment 2001–02 exercise 100 per cent. data.