Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authority applicants there have been to the Cold Weather Fund since November 2018; how much money has been awarded from that fund; and what the average amount was that was awarded to applicants.

The number of eligible recipients for Cold Weather Payments in areas which have had a cold weather trigger since 1^st November 2018 is estimated at 882,000. An estimated £27,100,000 was paid, and Cold Weather Payments are fixed at £25.

These figures are based on estimates published in https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cold-weather-payment-estimates-2018-to-2019, though figures in the publication may not sum to the above figures due to rounding.