the winter fuel payment was first introduced in 1957.
the winter fuel payment was first introduced in 1957.
when was the winter fuel payment first introduced?
1957
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the winter fuel payment is a state benefit paid once per year in the united kingdom to qualifying individuals. it is intended to cover the additional costs of heating over the winter months. it was first introduced by the labour government in 1997, and was first announced by chancellor of the exchequer gordon brown in his pre-budget statement of that year.
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the amount paid is greater for those aged eighty years and older, and is set so that a person living alone (or with people ineligible for the payment) is paid twice as much as a person in a household where more than one person receives the payment.









































if the weather is particularly cold, a cold weather payment may also be made.









































the social fund (winter fuel payment) regulations 2000 govern the system, under the social security contributions and benefits act 1992.









































in the winter of 2011-12, the benefit cost the uk government £2,100,000,000 and was paid out to 12,700,000 people.
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