Question follow-through · 2911

Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to pensioners' eligibility for the Winter Fuel Allowance on the health and well-being of pensioners in (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constitue

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to pensioners' eligibility for the Winter Fuel Allowance on the health and well-being of pensioners in (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constitue

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Winter Fuel Payment: Aldridge-Brownhills

10 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments on pensioners in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit

23 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pending pension credit applications as of 21 December 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Winter Fuel Payments

3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26008 on Pension Credit, how many people eligible for Pension Credit were awaiting Winter Fuel Payments as of (a) 30 December 2024 and (b) 31 Januar

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit have been determined as eligible; and how many remain outstanding in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit had been determined as eligible as of 24 February 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Pension Credit have been determined as eligible nationwide; and how many applications remain outstanding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made for Pension Credit since 24 February 2025 (a) have been approved and (b) remain outstanding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) are eligible to apply and (b) have applied for Pension Credit.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the eligibility threshold for the winter fuel payment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pension Credit: Applications

24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify and (b) ensure paper copies are made available to people without online access to the pension credit application form.