Information relating to winter fuel payments for the winters of 1997-98 and 1998-99 is not available. The information on individual payments made from winter 1999-2000 is in the following table.
Manchester local authority Manchester central constituency 1999-2000 60,870 11,810 2000-01 64,365 12,560 2001-02 63,355 12,370 2002-03 62,640 12,295 2003-04 61,950 12,160 2004-05 60,085 11,795 2005-06 59,310 11,660 2006-07 58,870 11,560 2007-08 59,350 11,650 2008-09 59,790 11,700 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. Local authorities and parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory. Source: Information Directorate 100 per cent. data.