For many pensioners, the package of additional benefits that is paid on top of the state pension provides a vital boost to their tight budgets. But a row has broken out within the Coalition over the fact that the benefits - worth several hundred pounds - are paid out in equal amounts to the UK's richest and poorest pensioners. It has prompted work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to this week call on wealthy retirees to give up or pay back their winter fuel payments, free bus passes and free TV licences if they can afford to do without them. Pay it back: Iain Duncan Smith has encouraged wealthy pensioners to forego winter fuel payments, free buss passes and free TV licences. How much are these benefits worth? Everyone born on or before July 5, 1951 (aged 61 or over), is entitled to a winter fuel payment of £200 to help with heating bills when the cold weather sets in. The amount rises to £300 for those over 80. Payments are made in November or December and are pa