Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 5 March 2009.
Alan Milburn
Labour, Darlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in (a) Darlington Constituency, (b) County Durham and (c) England in which more than one individual receives the winter fuel allowance.
Rosie Winterton
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (Yorkshire and the Humber), Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Pensions Reform) and Minister (Yorkshire and the Humber)
The information requested is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table that follows.
The following table shows the total number of individuals who received a winter fuel payment and those who received a shared payment. Figures are for winter 2006-07, the latest year for which figures are available.
| Total number of payments | Shared payments | |
| Darlington Constituency | 17,760 | 7,780 |
| County Durham | 105,610 | 47,330 |
| England | 10,028,780 | 4,732,410 |
| Notes: 1. A shared payment is made if there is more than one person entitled in a household. If however, an entitled person is receiving pension credit, income-based jobseeker's allowance or income support then their payment is not shared. In these cases that person receives a full payment. 2. Figures from are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Parliamentary constituencies and counties are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: Information directorate 100 per cent. data. | ||
We expect that similar numbers of individuals will receive shared winter fuel payments in 2008-09.
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A household is said to be in fuel poverty when its members cannot afford to keep adequately warm at reasonable cost, given their income.
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In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
