Asked by: Gordon Banks (Labour - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times cold weather payments have been made to residents of the KY13 postcode area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level rather than any other standard GB geography such as postcode level. The coverage area for each weather station is determined by the Met Office which assesses the most appropriate weather station for each postcode area, which may change between years. Cold weather payments are triggered when the average temperature has been recorded as, or is forecast to be 0oC or below over seven consecutive days.
The postcode areas of FK10, FK11 and KY13 have been assigned to the Edinburgh Gogarbank and Strathallan weather stations as follows:
FK10: assigned to the Edinburgh Gogerbank weather station
FK11: assigned to the Strathallan weather station
KY13: assigned to the Edinburgh Gogerbank weather station in the years 2009/10 to 2012/13 and to the Strathallan weather station in 2013/14.
Table 1 gives the number of triggers for the last five years at these weather stations. All eligible recipients will have received a Cold Weather Payment following a trigger at the relevant weather station.
Table 1: Triggers and Payments at Edinburgh Gogarbank and Strathallan weather stations: 2009/10 to 2013/14.
Weather Station | Number of triggers in each year | |||||
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | ||
Edinburgh Gogerbank | Number of triggers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Strathallan
| Number of triggers | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Asked by: Gordon Banks (Labour - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times cold weather payments have been made to residents of the FK10 postcode area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level rather than any other standard GB geography such as postcode level. The coverage area for each weather station is determined by the Met Office which assesses the most appropriate weather station for each postcode area, which may change between years. Cold weather payments are triggered when the average temperature has been recorded as, or is forecast to be 0oC or below over seven consecutive days.
The postcode areas of FK10, FK11 and KY13 have been assigned to the Edinburgh Gogarbank and Strathallan weather stations as follows:
FK10: assigned to the Edinburgh Gogerbank weather station
FK11: assigned to the Strathallan weather station
KY13: assigned to the Edinburgh Gogerbank weather station in the years 2009/10 to 2012/13 and to the Strathallan weather station in 2013/14.
Table 1 gives the number of triggers for the last five years at these weather stations. All eligible recipients will have received a Cold Weather Payment following a trigger at the relevant weather station.
Table 1: Triggers and Payments at Edinburgh Gogarbank and Strathallan weather stations: 2009/10 to 2013/14.
Weather Station | Number of triggers in each year | |||||
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | ||
Edinburgh Gogerbank | Number of triggers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Strathallan
| Number of triggers | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Asked by: Gordon Banks (Labour - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times cold weather payments have been made to residents of the FK11 postcode area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level rather than any other standard GB geography such as postcode level. The coverage area for each weather station is determined by the Met Office which assesses the most appropriate weather station for each postcode area, which may change between years. Cold weather payments are triggered when the average temperature has been recorded as, or is forecast to be 0oC or below over seven consecutive days.
The postcode areas of FK10, FK11 and KY13 have been assigned to the Edinburgh Gogarbank and Strathallan weather stations as follows:
FK10: assigned to the Edinburgh Gogerbank weather station
FK11: assigned to the Strathallan weather station
KY13: assigned to the Edinburgh Gogerbank weather station in the years 2009/10 to 2012/13 and to the Strathallan weather station in 2013/14.
Table 1 gives the number of triggers for the last five years at these weather stations. All eligible recipients will have received a Cold Weather Payment following a trigger at the relevant weather station.
Table 1: Triggers and Payments at Edinburgh Gogarbank and Strathallan weather stations: 2009/10 to 2013/14.
Weather Station | Number of triggers in each year | |||||
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | ||
Edinburgh Gogerbank | Number of triggers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Strathallan
| Number of triggers | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Asked by: Gordon Banks (Labour - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of personal independence payment claimants in Ochil and South Perthshire constituency who waited for more than six months for a home medical assessment.
Answered by Mike Penning
It is not possible to provide the data for personal independence payment home assessments in the Ochil and South Perthshire constituency.