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Winter Fuel Payment statistics: background information and methodology (to winter 2019 to 2020)

Background information and methodology relating to Winter Fuel Payment statistics.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
17 September 2014
Last updated
23 September 2020 — See all updates

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Winter Fuel Payment statistics: background information and methodology (to winter 2019 to 2020)

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This document provides background information on Winter Fuel Payment statistics up to winter 2019 to 2020. These were produced under a previous methodology.

See the new background, quality and methodology report for:

  • detail on the differences between the old and new methodologies
  • background information on statistics covering winter 2020 to 2021 onwards
Published 17 September 2014
Last updated 23 September 2020 + show all updates

  1. Revised version of the background information and methodology note. Updated to support the release of Winter Fuel Payment official statistics for winter 2019 to 2020, (also published today, 23 September 2020).

  2. Revised version of the background information and methodology note (dated 9 October 2019). Revised to support the release of Winter Fuel Payment official statistics for winter 2018 to 2019.

  3. Revised version of the background information and methodology note (dated 19 September 2018). Revised to support the release of Winter Fuel Payment official statistics for winter 2017 to 2018.

  4. Revised version of the background information and methodology note (dated 20th September 2017). Revised to support the release of Winter Fuel Payment official statistics for winter 2016 to 2017.

  5. Added 'Winter Fuel Payments annual statistics: background information and methodology' - this replaces the 'Methodology statement: Winter Fuel Payment statistics', 'Uses and users: Winter Fuel Payment statistics', 'Quality statement: Winter Fuel Payment statistics' and 'Background information: Winter Fuel Payment statistics'.

  6. Added revised versions of methodology - added more information on quality assurance to the induction and uses and users - added more information about identifying users of Winter Fuel Payment statistics in sections: Winter Fuel Payment statistics users and Targeted user engagement.

  7. The United Kingdom Statistics Authority assesses the official Winter Fuel Payment statistics against National Statistics protocols. To improve the supporting documentation, we’ve added more detail to each of the documents. For example, we’ve added a non-technical production summary to page 3 of the “Methodology” document.

  8. Added a new document – the 'Quality statement' – and a revised version of 'Uses and users' that includes more information.

  9. First published.

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