Question follow-through · 2379

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with elderly medical care specialists on the potential impact of stopping winter fuel payments on the health needs of the elderly.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 30 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 9 Sept 2024 · 41 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with elderly medical care specialists on the potential impact of stopping winter fuel payments on the health needs of the elderly.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the governme...

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