Written question asked by Joan Ruddock (Labour) on Friday, 16 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 June 2006. It was answered by James Purnell (Labour) on Monday, 26 June 2006 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Winter Fuel Payment

Question: (2) how many individuals aged 80 years and over received the winter fuel payment for winter 2005-06 in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency and (b) Lewisham borough; and how many out of those received an additional (i) £50 and (ii) £100.

Answer

The information is in the following table.

Number
	Lewisham Deptford constituency	Lewisham borough
£100 payments made	2,270	9,260
£200 payments made	5,200	16,660
Total winter fuel payments made to those aged 60-79	7,480	25,920

Additional £50 payments made	190	1,010
Additional £100 payments made	1,300	5,650
Total winter fuel payments made to those aged 80 or over	1,490	6,670
Notes:
1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
3. Parliamentary constituencies and local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory.
4. Figures for 2005-06 refer only to the main payment run so they do not include the late payment run figures. We estimate that there are approximately 100,000 people in Great Britain paid in late payment runs (0.8 per cent. of all payments). Since most of the payments made in late payment runs are to people who are not receiving another benefit from DWP and whose claims had not been received by the qualifying week, most are men aged 60 to 64.
Source:
Information Directorate 100 per cent. sample.

Secondary information