§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioner households with one or more householders over the age of 80 years, within the constituency of Middlesbrough. South and Cleveland, East, have received the £300 winter fuel allowance. [165866]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information requested is not yet available. However 3,385 people aged 80 or over in the parliamentary constituency of Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East so far have received a winter fuel payment this winter 2003–04.
Notes:
- 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.
- 2. Please note that these figures for 2003–04 refer only to the main payment run ie they do not include the late payment run figures. We estimate that there are approximately 100,000 people in Great Britain paid via late payment runs (0.8 per cent. of all payments). However, since late payment runs are mainly in respect of non-system cases whose claims had not been received by the Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.
Source:
IAD Information center, 100 per cent. sample.