Question follow-through · 58978

Winter Fuel Payment: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received Winter Fuel Payment in winter (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 in (i) Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency, (ii) Middlesbrough local authority area, (iii) Tees Valley combine

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
13 Jun 2025
Answer
18 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received Winter Fuel Payment in winter (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 in (i) Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency, (ii) Middlesbrough local authority area, (iii) Tees Valley combine

  2. 13 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    For winter 2023 to 2024:- 15,487 pensioners received the Winter Fuel Payment in Middlesbrough and Thornby East Constituency;- 22,849 received it in Middlesbrough local authority area;- 127,568 received it in the Tees Valley combined authority area (21,251...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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