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<p>The following tables show the total number of households in receipt of concessionary fuel under DECC's obligations for the National Concessionary Fuel Scheme, broken down into cash in lieu and fuel beneficiaries in the UK over the past 10 years (table 1) and Wales over the last three years (table 2).</p><p>The entitlement management database used by the Department's contractor does not hold beneficiary information by constituency as it is not required for operational delivery of the scheme.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table1: Total number of beneficiaries in the UK over the past 10years<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1April<br /></td><td valign="top">Fuel<br /></td><td valign="top">Cash<br /></td><td valign="top">Total<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2003<br /></td><td valign="top">45,289<br /></td><td valign="top">86,869<br /></td><td valign="top">132,158<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2004<br /></td><td valign="top">37,901<br /></td><td valign="top">86,725<br /></td><td valign="top">124,626<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2005<br /></td><td valign="top">31,589<br /></td><td valign="top">86,162<br /></td><td valign="top">117,751<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2006<br /></td><td valign="top">27,187<br /></td><td valign="top">84,266<br /></td><td valign="top">111,453<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2007<br /></td><td valign="top">23,623<br /></td><td valign="top">81,105<br /></td><td valign="top">104,728<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2008<br /></td><td valign="top">20,658<br /></td><td valign="top">77,821<br /></td><td valign="top">98,479<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">18,304<br /></td><td valign="top">73,802<br /></td><td valign="top">92,106<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">16,338<br /></td><td valign="top">70,135<br /></td><td valign="top">86,473<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">14,410<br /></td><td valign="top">66,194<br /></td><td valign="top">80,604<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">12,802<br /></td><td valign="top">62,259<br /></td><td valign="top">75,061<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2013<br /></td><td valign="top">11,574<br /></td><td valign="top">58,845<br /></td><td valign="top">70,419<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table2: Number of beneficiaries in Wales over the past threeyears<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1September<br /></td><td valign="top">CIL<br /></td><td valign="top">Fuel<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">9,236<br /></td><td valign="top">1,941<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">8,718<br /></td><td valign="top">1,783<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2013<br /></td><td valign="top">8,116<br /></td><td valign="top">1,600<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p> |