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<p /> <p>Information about how many in-work working-age households received Winter
Fuel Payments in 2013-14 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the
number of people aged under 65 receiving a Winter Fuel Payment and the associated
expenditure in years 2009-10 to 2018-19 inclusive:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload
(000s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>640.8</p></td><td><p>3,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>624.1</p></td><td><p>3,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>451.5</p></td><td><p>2,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>385.4</p></td><td><p>2,484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>324.1</p></td><td><p>2,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>268.2</p></td><td><p>1,714</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>215.8</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>157.1</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>85.8</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p
/> <p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Numbers are for Winter Fuel Payments made
to those eligible in Great Britain, European Economic Area and Switzerland aged 60-64:
outturn to 2013-14; forecast 2014/15 onwards.</p><p>Winter Fuel Payments in 2009-10
and 2010-11 included one-off £50 payments for the under 80s.</p><p>One of the Winter
Fuel Payment eligibility criteria is a person’s age in the qualifying week (the third
full week in September). This age has been rising in line with the increase to the
female State Pension age.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
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