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To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to ensure that cold-weather heating cost payments for the elderly will be paid in time to meet the needs of pensioners whose charges are met through pre-payment key meters; what regulations will apply to the payment of...

Asked by

Roger Gale (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 December 1997

Reference

21906; 303 c468W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the one-off payments to pensioners to assist with their winter fuel bills will be taxed as income. - (Holding answer 12 December 1997).

Asked by

John Swinney (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 1997

Reference

20121; 303 c104W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the amount of extra energy which pensioners will be able to purchase (a) this winter and (b) next winter on receipt of the extra (i) £20 and (ii) £50 allocated in...

Asked by

Alan Simpson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 1997

Reference

18545; 302 c730W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment her Department has made of the costs of introducing a winter payment system for fuel instead of the cold weather payment; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 November 1997

Reference

17366; 301 c536W

House

House of Commons

Hollis of Heigham, Baroness

When they propose to put into effect their stated intention of increasing provision to alleviate the windchill factor for disabled and elderly people during cold spells of winter weather.

Asked by

Lord Campbell of Croy (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 1997

Reference

583 c87-8WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what measures will be taken to assist the poorest pensioners in receipt of income support, and living in the coldest parts of the UK, with their heating bills. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 1997

Reference

14668; 301 c84-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans the Government has to contribute to the Heating or Eating Appeal organised by Help the Aged.

Asked by

Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 November 1997

Reference

15653; 300 c595W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

Statement on when she expects to announce the outcome of the annual review of the cold weather payments.- CWP Scheme review in Library as Dep 3/5464).

Asked by

Keith Hill (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 October 1997

For answer on

30 October 1997

Answered on

30 October 1997

Mr. Hill: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when she expects to announce the outcome of the annual review of the cold weather payments and if she will make a statement. [14188] Mr. Denham: The annual review has taken place against a backdrop of successful Government moves to cut fuel costs and a wide-ranging programme to make homes easier to heat. The Government are determined to tackle the problems associated with vulnerable people keeping warm during cold weather. Action will go well beyond the scope of cold weather payments. Fuel costs for many of the poorest claimants are falling. The annual fuel bills for people eligible for CWPs are estimated to be £60 million less this year than last. This fall itself is equivalent to nearly three CWPs. Last year eligible people received an average of two payments. This winter, fuel bills will fall due to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's reduction in VAT on fuel bills from eight to 5 per cent. removal of the gas levy; and recent reductions in the cost of fuel and light. Help with energy efficiency grants will continue for householders on low income benefits, disability allowances, or who are aged 60 or over. A further 400,000 vulnerable households will receive help this year. The grants have been extended to cover two new main measures--cavity wall insulation and upgrading of heating system controls. The environmental task force element of the Government's welfare-to-work new deal is now taking shape. It is expected to include a programme of energy efficiency improvements in homes of the elderly. This year's review also concluded that two further changes could not be implemented without increasing the complexity and uncertainty of the scheme and would not have provided a guaranteed improvement in the perceived fairness of the scheme. The first proposed change made use of a new product from the Meteorological Office, which would have removed the need for an annual review of post code to weather station links, but would have lead to the number of post code groups within Great Britain increasing from the present 70 to over 600. Increasing the number of areas would have created far more occasions when people in neighbouring streets received a different number of payments and made the scheme far more difficult to understand. Therefore, we decided not to introduce this change, but to keep the current arrangements under review. We also considered a new report commissioned from the Building Research Establishment into the effect of wind speed on domestic heating needs during very cold weather. Copies of the BRE report have been placed in the Library. The report was considered alongside the action the Government have already taken to cut fuel bills and promote energy efficiency. We were also mindful of our manifesto commitment to live within inherited expenditure plans. Allowing for the effects of wind speed would increase the complexity and uncertainty of the scheme without ensuring that the payments went to those with the greatest need for additional heating. The amount of additional heating required depends on a number of varying factors, including the house type, insulation standard, method of heating used and its efficiency. If the current level of expenditure was maintained, but the scheme was changed to take into account wind speed, it is highly likely that many people in less windy areas would lose payments which they could expect to receive under the current arrangements. Taking into account all the relevant considerations we have decided not to amend the scheme to take account of wind speed. The annual review of the CWP scheme has now been completed. The review involved consideration of representations made during last winter regarding the suitability of individual weather stations or their respective links with post code districts. Amending regulations were laid on 9 October. In line with the Meterological Office expert advice, we have increased the number of weather stations used in the scheme from 70--the number used last winter--to 72. The two additional weather stations will improve the fairness with which payments are made in the affected areas. The two additional weather stations will be in Scotland. One at Waterstein head will represent most of the Isle of Skye and the other at Salsburgh will represent some in land areas in the south of Scotland.

Date

30 October 1997

Reference

14188; 299 c855-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

How much more fuel it takes to heat a typical semi-detatched house with (a) gas central heating and (b) non-white meter electric heating in (i) Braemar, (ii) Lerwick, (iii) Aberdeen, (iv) Edinburgh, (v) Dundee and (vi) Glasgow than a similar house in Bristol using the data contained in the Climatic...

Asked by

Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 1997

Reference

18687; 291 c635W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

If he will list for each year since 1990 the number and age range of individuals who have died as a result of the abuse of butane gas lighters and refills. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

5 February 1997

Answered on

5 February 1997

Mr. Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each year since 1990 the number and age range of individuals who have died as a result of the abuse of butane gas lighters and refills. [13644] Mr. Burns: St. George's hospital medical school collects data on deaths in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands associated with the deliberate inhalation of volatile substances. The information requested on butane gas lighters and refills by age range for the years 1990-94 is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 11-14 5 2 3 0 4 15-19 39 29 20 21 14 20-24 9 4 5 10 4 25 and over 0 2 11 5 6 Total 53 37 39 36 28 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Numbers of substances reported here are based on primary, secondary and tertiary substances abused, so they cannot be interpreted as percentages of total deaths because more than one substance may be involved in a single death.

Date

5 February 1997

Reference

13644; 289 c641W

House

House of Commons

Wednesday adjournment debate on cold weather payments in Scotland

Wednesday adjournment debate on cold weather payments in Scotland.

Lead member

Roseanna Cunningham

Answering member

Roger Evans

Department

Department of Social Security

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

29 January 1997

Reference

289 c291-314

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

Supplementary on heating costs of voluntary funded Salvation Army hostels in Bolton.

Asked by

Peter Thurnham (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

28 January 1997

Reference

289 c140

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

Answered by

Roger Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

28 January 1997

Reference

289 c140

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

How many (a) total dwellings and (b) dwellings with a hot water tank have (i) hot water tank insulation and (ii) hot water tank insulation of 80mm or more in (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) Northern Ireland.

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 January 1997

Reference

10242; 288 c94W

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Month

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

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