Winter Fuel Allowance (Hansard, 30 April 2004)

§ Mr. Pike
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many senior citizens in Burnley have benefited from the winter fuel allowance since 1997. [167887]

§ Malcolm Wicks
The number of senior citizens in the Burnley constituency who have benefited from a winter fuel payment in each year since 1999–2000 (including provisional figures for 2003–04) is in the table. Information relating to the 1997–98 and 1998–99 winters is not available.

Payments made

1999–2000 14,985

2000–01 16,490

2001–02 16,620

2002–03 16,745

2003–04 16,800

Notes:

1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.

2. Totals may not sum due to rounding.

3. Please note that the figures for 2003-04 refer only to the main payment run, i.e. 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 manly in respect of non-system cases whose claim had not been received by Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.

Source:

IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. samples.

§ Jim Dobbin
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many senior citizens in Heywood and Middleton have benefited from the winter fuel allowance since 1997. [168545]

§ Malcolm Wicks
The number of senior citizens in the Heywood and Middleton constituency who benefited from a winter fuel payment in each year since 1999–20001380W (including provisional figures for 2003–2004) is in the table. Information relating to the 1997–98 and 1998–99 winters is not available.

Payments made

1999–2000 16,630

2000–01 18,255

2001–02 18,275

2002–03 18,375

2003–04 18,400

Notes:

1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.

2. Please note that the figures for 2003-2004 refer only to the main payment run i.e. 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 claim had not been received by Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.

Source:

IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. samples.

§ Mr. Kilfoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners received the winter fuel allowance in Liverpool, Walton in each year between 1997 and 2003. [166974]

§ Malcolm Wicks
The number of pensioners in the Liverpool Walton constituency who received a winter fuel payment in each year since 1999–2000 (including provisional figures for 2003–04) is in the table. Information relating to the 1997–98 and 1998–99 winters is not available.

Payments made

1999–2000 14,420

2000–01 15,495

2001–02 15,300

2002–03 15,370

2003–04 15,160

Notes:

1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.

2. Please note that the figures for 2003–04 refer only to the main payment run i.e. 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 claim had not been received by Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.

Source:

IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. samples.

Payments made
1999–2000	14,985
2000–01	16,490
2001–02	16,620
2002–03	16,745
2003–04	16,800
Notes:
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.
2. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
3. Please note that the figures for 2003-04 refer only to the main payment run, i.e. 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 manly in respect of non-system cases whose claim had not been received by Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. samples.

Payments made
1999–2000	16,630
2000–01	18,255
2001–02	18,275
2002–03	18,375
2003–04	18,400
Notes:
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.
2. Please note that the figures for 2003-2004 refer only to the main payment run i.e. 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 claim had not been received by Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. samples.

Payments made
1999–2000	14,420
2000–01	15,495
2001–02	15,300
2002–03	15,370
2003–04	15,160
Notes:
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.
2. Please note that the figures for 2003–04 refer only to the main payment run i.e. 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 claim had not been received by Qualifying Week, they are heavily skewed towards men aged 60.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. samples.