Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the criteria for cold weather payments in situations where the relevant Met Office Weather Station records higher temperatures than that experienced by people whose eligibility for payment is determined by that station.

The Met Office reviews the scheme annually to assess whether the linkages between postcode areas and weather stations remain the best available. Any necessary changes are made prior to the start of the following Cold Weather Payment season.