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Information about how many in-work working-age households received Winter Fuel Payments in 2013-14 is not available.<\/p>

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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>

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Expenditure (£m)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Caseload (000s)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

640.8<\/p><\/td>

3,358<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

624.1<\/p><\/td>

3,265<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

451.5<\/p><\/td>

2,927<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

385.4<\/p><\/td>

2,484<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

324.1<\/p><\/td>

2,056<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

268.2<\/p><\/td>

1,714<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

215.8<\/p><\/td>

1,389<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

157.1<\/p><\/td>

1,019<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/p><\/td>

85.8<\/p><\/td>

563<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018/19<\/p><\/td>

14.8<\/p><\/td>

95<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Notes<\/strong><\/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>

Winter Fuel Payments in 2009-10 and 2010-11 included one-off £50 payments for the under 80s.<\/p>

One of the Winter Fuel Payment eligibility criteria is a person\u2019s 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>

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