WINTER FUEL PAYMENTS FOR SEVERELY DISABLED PEOPLE

Early day motion 289, tabled 23 October 2001 by Roger Berry (Labour). Signed by 165 members.

That this House notes with concern that, while pensioners over the age of 60 years can claim a winter fuel payment of ú200 a year, there are one million severely disabled people of working age who are not eligible for the payment, many of whom feel the cold intensely and cannot afford to heat their homes adequately; and therefore calls on the Government to extend the winter fuel payment to disabled people who receive the middle or the higher rate of the disability living allowance care component or the higher rate of the mobility component.

Signatures by party: Labour 102, Liberal Democrat 35, Labour/Co-operative 9, UUP 6, Conservative 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Scottish National Party 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1.