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Please find below details of the volume of payments, by benefit, paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five contract years from October 2009, the start of the current Post Office card contract. As at September 2014 the proportion of POca working age customers is 41.66% and retirement customers 58.34%.<\/p>

Benefit type<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Oct '09 to Mar '10<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Apr '10 to Mar '11<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Apr '11 to Mar '12<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Apr '12 to Mar '13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Apr '13 to Mar '14<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Apr '14 to Sept '14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Attendance Allowance <\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,282,073<\/p><\/td>

2,646,196<\/p><\/td>

2,980,275<\/p><\/td>

3,166,677<\/p><\/td>

3,116,840<\/p><\/td>

1,538,852<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Child Support (DC) Client Fund<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2,079<\/p><\/td>

5,608<\/p><\/td>

9,178<\/p><\/td>

9,689<\/p><\/td>

7,938<\/p><\/td>

285<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CMEC<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

1,197<\/p><\/td>

3670<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CSA DWP Payments - CSA DWP<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

284,118<\/p><\/td>

557,228<\/p><\/td>

648,147<\/p><\/td>

626,507<\/p><\/td>

584,705<\/p><\/td>

268,170<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dfee Employment Services <\/strong><\/p><\/td>

79,971<\/p><\/td>

214,855<\/p><\/td>

59,427<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

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

Disability Living Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

4,090,836<\/p><\/td>

7,931,027<\/p><\/td>

7,678,957<\/p><\/td>

7,488,219<\/p><\/td>

7,179,077<\/p><\/td>

3,386,779<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

DWP Local Payment<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

83,618<\/p><\/td>

149,836<\/p><\/td>

128,871<\/p><\/td>

145,018<\/p><\/td>

186,974<\/p><\/td>

75,160<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

DWP Universal Credit<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

334<\/p><\/td>

634<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Incapacity Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

3,956,020<\/p><\/td>

6,640,787<\/p><\/td>

5,369,680<\/p><\/td>

3,703,178<\/p><\/td>

1,745,634<\/p><\/td>

444,821<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Income Support<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

32,694,702<\/p><\/td>

57,496,385<\/p><\/td>

48,077,834<\/p><\/td>

42,369,841<\/p><\/td>

35,144,716<\/p><\/td>

15,612,744<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Industrial Injuries<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,823,692<\/p><\/td>

3,499,816<\/p><\/td>

3,304,669<\/p><\/td>

3,108,446<\/p><\/td>

2,923,184<\/p><\/td>

1,391,414<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Invalid Care Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2,010,877<\/p><\/td>

3,886,243<\/p><\/td>

3,685,821<\/p><\/td>

3,591,341<\/p><\/td>

3,390,941<\/p><\/td>

1,642,035<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jobseekers Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2,126,450<\/p><\/td>

3,952,375<\/p><\/td>

4,039,600<\/p><\/td>

3,986,790<\/p><\/td>

3,154,319<\/p><\/td>

1,177,786<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Personal Independence Payment<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

15,579<\/p><\/td>

53,193<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Resource Management<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

141,271<\/p><\/td>

268,619<\/p><\/td>

206,031<\/p><\/td>

145,249<\/p><\/td>

105,362<\/p><\/td>

15,817<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Retirement Pensions<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

41,051,123<\/p><\/td>

77,838,703<\/p><\/td>

72,231,420<\/p><\/td>

69,904,004<\/p><\/td>

64,327,423<\/p><\/td>

30,210,680<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Social Fund<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

161,723<\/p><\/td>

263,709<\/p><\/td>

246,262<\/p><\/td>

270,296<\/p><\/td>

219,543<\/p><\/td>

91,450<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Employment & Support Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

339,047<\/p><\/td>

1,380,741<\/p><\/td>

2,286,925<\/p><\/td>

5,264,219<\/p><\/td>

7,812,066<\/p><\/td>

4,358,635<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Winter Fuel Payments DWP<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

888,462<\/p><\/td>

382<\/p><\/td>

380<\/p><\/td>

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

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

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

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>

<\/p>

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>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

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