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<p>The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level rather
than any other standard GB geography such as constituency 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<sup>o</sup>C or below over seven consecutive days, during the Cold Weather
season (November to March).</p><p> </p><p>The constituency of Mansfield covers all
or part of the following postcode areas: NG17-21.</p><p> </p><p>The above postcode
areas are covered by the weather station Nottingham Watnall. Qualifying individuals
living in this area will have received a payment in respect of a seven-day period
of Cold Weather, as shown in <strong>Table 1</strong>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1 Estimated number of Cold Weather Payment recipients</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weather
station</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham
Watnall</p></td><td><p>168,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Nottingham
Watnall weather station covers the following postcode areas, in <strong>Table 2</strong>,
which include constituencies other than Mansfield. We estimate that 168,000 payments,
to 168,000 recipients, were made in this area as a whole, in respect of one trigger
in 2017/18. We are not able to break this figure down to a lower level. There were
no cold weather triggers in Nottingham Watnall in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Table 2 Postcode sectors mapped to Weather Stations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weather
station</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postcode Sectors Covered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham
Watnall</p></td><td><p>CV13, DE1-3, DE5-7, DE11-15, DE21-24, DE55-56, DE65, DE72-75,
LE1-9, LE11-14, LE16-19, LE65, LE67, NG1-22, NG25, NG31-34.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of recipients and payments given here is
an estimate as information on the exact number is not readily available. These figures
are produced by determining the volume of eligible recipients in each weather station
area at the start of the winter season and using these figures throughout the winter
to estimate payments and expenditure based on the actual triggers recorded.</li></ol><p>
</p><ol start="2"><li>The number of payments made is not necessarily the total number
of individuals benefitting from a Cold Weather Payment. Any individuals making a joint
claim for one of the qualifying benefits, such as a couple living together, will receive
one payment between them rather than one payment each. Furthermore, if a weather station
triggers more than once throughout a cold weather season then the recipients will
receive more than one payment.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Estimates of Cold
Weather Payments are published weekly during the Cold Weather season. The latest published
estimates can be found at the link below:</li></ol><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-fund-cold-weather-payments"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/social-fund-cold-weather-payments</a></p>
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