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Winter Fuel Payment statistics

Winter Fuel Payment statistics, covering recipients and beneficiary data for Winter 2025 to 2026 and previous annual releases.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
1 October 2013
Last updated:
15 September 2026
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  1. The Winter Fuel Payment statistics collection page has been updated to reflect the release of the annual Winter Fuel Payment statistics reflecting winter 2025 to 2026 on the 15 September 2026.

  2. Updated overview section to notify about the upcoming changes for the September 2026 statistics release.

  3. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, data for winter 2024 to 2025.

  4. Added information to the page that the next release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics will be published on 16 September 2025.

  5. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, data for winter 2023 to 2024.

  6. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, data for winter 2022 to 2023.

  7. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, for winter 2020 to 2021 and winter 2021 to 2022.

  8. Added a note that the annual Winter Fuel Payment statistics releases for both winter 2020 to 2021 and winter 2021 to 2022 will be published on 2 November 2022.

  9. Updated the note about a delay to the next release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics (data for winter 2020 to 2021).

  10. Updated the note about a delay to the next release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics (data for winter 2020 to 2021). A further update will be added to this page by the end of October 2021.

  11. Added a note about a delay to the next release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics (data for winter 2020 to 2021).

  12. Added a link to the latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, for winter 2018 to 2019.

  13. Added latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, for winter 2018 to 2019.

  14. Added latest Winter Fuel Payment statistics, recipient and household figures for winter 2017 to 2018.

  15. Added statistics for winter 2016 to 2017.

  16. Added statistics for winter 2015 to 2016.

  17. Added statistics for winter 2014 to 2015.

  18. Published Winter Fuel Payment caseload and household statistics and Winter Fuel payments by EEA country and Switzerland statistics for 2013 to 2014.

  19. Link added to statistics for Winter Fuel payments by EEA country and Switzerland.

  20. First published.

Overview

The latest release of Winter Fuel Payment statistics covering winter 2025 to 2026 was published on 15 September 2026.

Statistics are available on Stat-Xplore covering the last 6 years of Winter Fuel Payments. Statistics for winter 2025 to 2026 report on recipients and beneficiaries of Winter Fuel Payment.

Winter Fuel Payments were introduced in 1997 to help older people meet the costs of heating their homes in winter. They are paid in a lump sum each winter.

For winter 2024 to 2025, the Winter Fuel Payment was means-tested and the 2024 to 2025 statistics included a measure of the proportion of the pensioner population who were beneficiaries of a Winter Fuel Payment. This measure is not included in the Official Statistics for Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2025 to 2026 as changes to eligibility meant that most pensioners received a Winter Fuel Payment.

Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2026 to 2027 will be published on the 21 September 2027.

Feedback

We welcome all feedback on the content, relevance, accessibility and timing of these statistics to help us in producing statistics that meet user needs. For non-media enquiries on these statistics, email: wfp.statistics@dwp.gov.uk

For media enquiries, please contact the DWP press office.

Latest release

Previous releases

Guidance

From September 2025 onwards, beginning with the release of statistics for winter 2024 to 2025, background information is included in each annual Winter Fuel Payment statistical publication.

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