Question follow-through · 3220

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of pensioners who will have winter fuel payment withdrawn in (a) Epping Forest constituency and (b) England.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
5 Sept 2024
Answer
5 Sept 2024 · 6 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for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of pensioners who will have winter fuel payment withdrawn in (a) Epping Forest constituency and (b) England.

  2. 5 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    In Epping Forest constituency, the estimated number of pensioners who will have Winter Fuel Payments withdrawn is 15,744. In England, the estimated number of pensioners who will have Winter Fuel Payments withdrawn is 8,609,778. This is based on Feb-24 Pen...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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