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<p>The Cold Weather Payment (CWP) scheme is administered at weather station level
rather than at a constituency or regional level. The coverage area for each weather
station is determined by the Met Office, which assesses the most appropriate weather
station for each postcode area. Cold weather payments are triggered when the average
temperature recorded at the weather station has been recorded as, or is forecast to
be, 0<strong>°</strong> C or below over seven consecutive days, during the Cold Weather
season (November to March).</p><p> </p><p>The constituency of Hornsey and Wood Green
covers all or part of the following postcode areas: N2, N4, N6, N8, N10, N11, N13,
N17, N22 and N81[1].</p><p> </p><p>For the 2021/22 and 2022/23 Cold Weather Payment
seasons, the above postcode areas are covered by the weather station Heathrow. Heathrow
weather station covers the following postcode areas, in Table 1, which include constituencies
other than Hornsey and Wood Green.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table
1</strong> <strong>Postcode districts mapped to Weather Stations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weather
station</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postcode Districts Covered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heathrow</p></td><td><p>BR1-4,
CR0, CR2-8, E1-18, E20, E1W, EC1A, EC1M, EC1N, EC1R, EC1V,EC1Y, EC2A, EC2M, EC2N,
EC2R, EC2V, EC2Y, EC3A, EC3M, EC3N, EC3R, EC3V, EC4A, EC4M, EC4N, EC4R, EC4V, EC4Y,
EN1-5, EN7-11, HA0-9, IG1-11, KT1-24, N1-22, N1C, NW1-11, SE1-28, SL0, SL3, SM1-7,
SW2-20, SW1A, SW1E, SW1H, SW1P, SW1V, SW1W, SW1X, SW1Y TW1-20, UB1-11, W2-14, W1B-D,
W1F-H, W1J-K, W1S-U, W1W, WC1A-B, WC1E, WC1H, WC1N, WC1R, WC1V, WC1X, WC2A-B, WC2E,
WC2H, WC2N, WC2R</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Qualifying individuals living
in these postcode districts will have received a payment in respect of a seven-day
period of Cold Weather.</p><p> </p><p>For the 21/22 Cold Weather Payment season, running
from 1 November 2021 to 31 March 2022, there were 0 Cold Weather Payment triggers
for Heathrow weather station.</p><p> </p><p>For the 22/23 Cold Weather Payment season,
running from 1 November 2022 to 31 March 2023, there was 1 Cold Weather Payment trigger
for Heathrow weather station. The estimated payments to Pension Credit recipients
during 22/23 Cold Weather Payment season is 180,000, equating to an estimated spend
of £4.5 million.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Postcode information was obtained from the ONS
Postcode Directory (November 2023): <a href="https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/ons-postcode-directory-november-2023/about"
target="_blank">ONS Postcode Directory (November 2023) | Open Geography Portal (statistics.gov.uk)</a></p>
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