Question follow-through · 16025
Cold Weather Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households (a) are eligible and (b) have received Cold Weather Payments in 2024, broken down by week.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households (a) are eligible and (b) have received Cold Weather Payments in 2024, broken down by week.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2024
Answer published
(a) Table 1 shows the number of estimated eligible qualifiers across 2024. Table 1: Number of Estimated Eligible Recipients in England and Wales Season (1st November-31st March)Estimated Eligible Recipients (England and Wales)2023/243,921,0002024/254,116...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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