Information on winter fuel payments was not broken down by parliamentary constituency for winters 1997-98 and 1998-99. Information on individual payments made from winter 1999-2000 onwards is in the following table.
Individual payments 1999-2000 13,675 2000-01 14,970 2001-02 14,970 2002-03 15,150 2003-04 15,090 2004-05 14,880 2005-06 14,930 2006-07 15,020 2007-08 15,240 2008-09 15,490 Notes: 1. Figures up to 2004-05 are rounded to the nearest five 2. Figures from 2005-06 onwards are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: Information Directorate 100 per cent data.