To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of householders in Stroud constituency who will receive (a) £250 and (b) £400 winter fuel payment in 2009-10. (317086)

Information on the number of households in Stroud which received winter fuel payments for winter 2008-09 (the last year for which information is available) is in the House of Commons Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Stroud constituency are in receipt of winter fuel allowance; and how much her Department paid to such pensioners in winter fuel allowances in 2009. (317087)

In winter 2008-09 (the last winter for which information is available) 25,540 people in Stroud received a winter fuel payment, at a cost of £5.4 million.

Notes:

1. Payment figures are rounded to the nearest ten

2. Expenditure figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million

3. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant Office for National Statistics postcode directory.