Information relating to winter fuel payments for the winters of 1997-98 and 1998-99 is not available. The information from winter 1999-2000 is in the following table.
Payments made 1999-2000 15,130 2000-01 17,360 2001-02 17,410 2002-03 17,780 2003-04 18,130 2004-05 18,160 2005-06 18,330 2006-07 18,710 Notes: 1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: Information directorate 100 per cent data