Gloria De Piero
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England were in receipt of the winter fuel allowance in each of the last five years.
Steve Webb
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The information is in the following table:
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
| Ashfield parliamentary constituency | 21,580 | 22,460 | 22,600 | 22,440 | 22,460 |
| Nottinghamshire local authorities | 220,390 | 224,500 | 225,920 | 224,050 | 223,080 |
| East Midlands region | 948,090 | 970,140 | 980,730 | 975,420 | 974,000 |
| England | 10,592,900 | 10,810,130 | 10,896,780 | 10,815,460 | 10,773,770 |
| Notes: 1. Reductions in the overall numbers from 2011-12 are primarily due to the qualifying age for WFPs increasing in line with the increase in women's state pension age. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten and therefore totals may not sum. 3. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. The Nottinghamshire LAs comprise the local authorities of Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood and Rushcliffe and also Nottingham unitary authority. 4. These tables recognise the April 2009 structural changes to the local authorities of England. 5. Figures from 2009-10 to 2012-13 are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/series/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures Source: Information Governance and Security Directorate, DWP | |||||
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