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Winter Fuel Payment: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has she made of the number of households in Wales affected by the change to Winter Fuel Payments.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 30 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 3 Sept 2024
Answer: 3 Sept 2024 · 35 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 estimate has she made of the number of households in Wales affected by the change to Winter Fuel Payments.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2024
Answer published
An estimated 400,000 households in Wales will be affected by the change to Winter Fuel Payments. This is the number of households that will no longer receive Winter Fuel Payment as they do not claim Pension Credit. This estimation is calculated by subtrac...

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