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Winter Fuel Payment statistics

Winter Fuel Payment statistics, covering recipient and household data as well as payments in European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
1 October 2013
Last updated
24 September 2024 — See all updates

The Winter Fuel Payment statistics present tables and commentary on Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households.

Winter Fuel Payments were introduced in 1997 to help older people meet the costs of heating their homes in winter. They are paid in a lump sum each winter.

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Latest release

Guidance

Payments and expenditure by EEA country and Switzerland

Payments and expenditure statistics by European Economic Area (EEA) country and Switzerland from winter 2020 to 2021 are contained within the respective Winter Fuel Payment releases.

Previous releases

Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2013
Last updated 24 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, data for winter 2023 to 2024.

  2. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, data for winter 2022 to 2023.

  3. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, for winter 2020 to 2021 and winter 2021 to 2022.

  4. Added a note that the annual Winter Fuel Payment statistics releases for both winter 2020 to 2021 and winter 2021 to 2022 will be published on 2 November 2022.

  5. Updated the note about a delay to the next release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics (data for winter 2020 to 2021).

  6. Updated the note about a delay to the next release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics (data for winter 2020 to 2021). A further update will be added to this page by the end of October 2021.

  7. Added a note about a delay to the next release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics (data for winter 2020 to 2021).

  8. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, for winter 2018 to 2019.

  9. Added latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, for winter 2018 to 2019.

  10. Added latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, recipient and household figures for winter 2017 to 2018.

  11. Added statistics for winter 2016 to 2017.

  12. Added statistics for winter 2015 to 2016.

  13. Added statistics for winter 2014 to 2015.

  14. Published Winter Fuel Payment caseload and household statistics and Winter Fuel payments by EEA country and Switzerland statistics for 2013 to 2014.

  15. Link added to statistics for Winter Fuel payments by EEA country and Switzerland.

  16. First published.

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