Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were eligible for the Cold Weather Payment and lived in a postcode area where Cold Weather Payments were made in that year (a) overall and (b) by whether eligibility derived from (i) receipt of pension credit or (ii) universal credit or other legacy benefits for each of the last 10 financial years.
Column titled ‘Total households receiving at least one payment’ comprises households that were eligible for Cold Weather Payments and lived in a postcode area where Cold Weather Payments were made in that year.
Year | Cold Weather Triggers | Total households eligible | Total households eligible, in receipt of Pension Credit (as a subset of total households) | Total households receiving at least one payment | Households in receipt of Pension Credit receiving at least one payment (as a subset of total households) |
20/21 | 140 | 4,045,000 | 1,431,000 | 3,323,000 | 1,173,000 |
19/20 | 7 | 3,646,000 | 1,490,000 | 4,000 | 3,000 |
18/19 | 43 | 3,830,000 | 1,580,000 | 884,000 | 353,000 |
17/18 | 140 | 3,888,000 | 1,669,000 | 3,768,000 | 1,615,000 |
16/17 | 13 | 4,055,000 | 1,813,000 | 127,000 | 61,000 |
15/16 | 26 | 4,107,000 | 1,913,000 | 133,000 | 64,000 |
14/15 | 40 | 3,807,000 | 2,110,000 | 359,000 | 199,000 |
13/14 | 1 | 3,920,000 | data unpublished | 1,000 | 1,000 |
12/13 | 173 | 4,044,000 | 2,364,000 | 3,291,000 | 1,919,000 |
11/12 | 105 | 4,240,000 | data unavailable | 3,169,000 | data unavailable |
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