Winter Fuel Payment recipients
Data Type:Administrative
This dataset contains the number of winter fuel payment recipient and households by local authority and age. This payment is intended to help older individuals with household heating costs.
Time
Accessible data are provided for 2009 -present
Dataset Quality
100% coverage is provided by administrative systems. A quality assurance procedure is in place. A detailed data quality report is produced by the DWP to accompany the figures.
Dataset Access and Use
Accessible data tables are provided for 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15
Government attitudes to research use of their data appear favourable.
Resources
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| https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures |