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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 60 years were required to pay a top-up to the Warm Front grant in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (230419)

The following table illustrates the number of contributions requested of Warm Front customers aged (a) under and (b) over 60 years of age since contributions were introduced to the scheme.

*Scheme year*
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09 (to 30 September)
(a) Contributions requested of under 60’s	4,321	16,481	28,445	14,167
(b) Contributions requested of over 60’s	6,402	21,959	38,201	21,356
All contributions requested	10,723	38,440	66,646	35,523
Total households assisted	¹114,595	253,079	268,900	108,673
¹Households assisted in this scheme year once client contributions were introduced.

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008