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Mr. Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the total value of the winter heating allowance for each year from 1998–99 to 2005–06; and if he will make a statement. [130142]
Malcolm Wicks
The information in respect of winter fuel payments, which were introduced in 1997, is in the table.
£ million | |
Winter fuel payments | |
Expenditure | |
1997–98 | 191 |
1998–99 | 194 |
1999–2000 | 759 |
2000–01 | 1,749 |
2001–02 | 1,692 |
Estimated expenditure | |
2002–03 | 1,712 |
Forecast expenditure ' | |
2003–04 1 | 1,891 |
2004–05 f | 1,911 |
2005–06 | 1,933 |