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Andrew Stunell
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.

Joan Ruddock
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.

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