Winter Fuel Payments: Halifax

Mrs. Riordan
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Halifax received the winter fuel allowance in 2007-08.

Mr. Mike O'Brien
Figures for winter 2007-08 are not yet available. In winter 2006-07, 17,940 people in the Halifax constituency received a winter fuel payment.

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.