Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 12 March 2010.
Geraldine Smith
Labour, Morecambe and Lunesdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Morecambe and Lunesdale Constituency have received winter fuel payments during this winter.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
Information on winter fuel payments in Morecambe and Lunesdale during this winter is not yet available. For winter 2008-09, the latest year for which information is available, 16,430 payments were made to households and 23,100 to individuals in that Constituency.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent data.
Yes10 people think so
No4 people think not
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