Written question asked by Peter Bradley (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 March 2004. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Monday, 22 March 2004 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over (a) 60 years and (b) 80 years are in receipt of the winter fuel allowance in The Wrekin. - Inc table.

Answer: Peter Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people over (a) 60 years and (b) 80 years are in receipt of the winter fuel allowance in The Wrekin. [162774] Malcolm Wicks: The information is as set out in the table below. Winter Fuel Payment _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of people over 60 Number of people over 80 2003-04 17,116 3,220 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: IAD Information Centre, 100 percent sample. Notes: 1. Figures taken from the Matching Intelligence Data Analysis Service Winter Fuels Payment 2003/2004 exercise 100 per data. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest five.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 419 c570W;419 c572W; 162774
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Pensioners Older people Recipients Social security benefits Winter fuel payment The Wrekin
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk