HL Deb 12 July 2004 vol 663 cc128-9WA
Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people receive the winter fuel allowance in Warrington; and what is the cost to the taxpayer. [HL3577]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

The number of people in the Warrington local authority area who received a winter fuel payment for winter 2003–04 was 36,030 at a total cost of £5,854,000.

Source:

IAD Information Centre, WFP data winter 2003–04 100 per cent sample.

Notes:

  1. Figures for total number of payments made are rounded to the nearest five.
  2. Please note that the figures for 2003–04 refer only to the main payment run so they do not include the late payment run figures. We estimate that there are approximately 100,000 people in Great Britain paid in late payment runs (0.8 per cent of all payments). Since most of the payments made in late payment runs are people who are not receiving another benefit from DWP and whose claims had not been received by the qualifying week, most are men aged 60.
  3. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory.
Lord Hoyle

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many over-80s in Warrington are receiving the extra winter fuel allowance; and what is the cost to the taxpayer. [HL3578]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham:

The number of people in the Warrington local authority aged 80 or over who are in receipt of the extra winter fuel payment is 6,380 at a cost of £1,622,700.

Source:

IAD Information Centre, WFP data winter 2003–04 100 per cent sample.

Notes:

  1. Figures for total number of payments made are rounded to the nearest five.
  2. Please note that the figures for 2003–04 refer only to the main payment run so they do not include the late payment run figures. We estimate that there are approximately 100,000 people in Great Britain paid in late payment runs (0.8 per cent of all payments). Since most of the payments made in late payment runs are people who are not receiving another benefit from DWP and whose claims had not been received by the qualifying week, very few indeed are aged 80 or over.
  3. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory.