Question follow-through · 3204
Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of limiting winter fuel allowance on pensioners that are (a) eligible for but not claiming pension credit and (b) just above the eligibili
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Poverty: Children · 3 Sept 2024
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- Pension Credit · 4 Oct 2024
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of limiting winter fuel allowance on pensioners that are (a) eligible for but not claiming pension credit and (b) just above the eligibili
3 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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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