Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received one or more Cold Weather Payments (a) overall and (b) by whether eligibility derived from (i) receipt of pension credit or (ii) universal credit or other legacy benefits in each of the last 10 financial years.
The number of households receiving at least one Cold Weather Payment is included below.
Year | Cold Weather Triggers | Total households receiving at least one payment | Households in receipt of Pension Credit receiving at least one payment (as a subset of total households) |
20/21 | 140 | 3,323,000 | 1,173,000 |
19/20 | 7 | 4,000 | 3,000 |
18/19 | 43 | 884,000 | 353,000 |
17/18 | 140 | 3,768,000 | 1,615,000 |
16/17 | 13 | 127,000 | 61,000 |
15/16 | 26 | 133,000 | 64,000 |
14/15 | 40 | 359,000 | 199,000 |
13/14 | 1 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
12/13 | 173 | 3,291,000 | 1,919,000 |
11/12 | 105 | 3,169,000 | data unavailable |
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