Question follow-through · 3542
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the decision to change eligibility requirements for the winter fuel payment on the public purse.
About this written question
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
- 12 Sept 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the decision to change eligibility requirements for the winter fuel payment on the public purse.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
In 2022/23, 11.4 million people in 8.4 million households in Great Britain received a Winter Fuel Payment, at a total cost of £2 billion. The Government estimates that linking entitlement to receipt of Pension Credit and other relevant DWP income-related ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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