Question follow-through · 3962

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) proportion and (b) value of savings from limiting entitlement to Winter Fuel Payments by pensioner income decile.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 3 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 5 Sept 2024
Answer: 11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) proportion and (b) value of savings from limiting entitlement to Winter Fuel Payments by pensioner income decile.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
Pension Credit recipients can be used as an indicator of those pensioners who will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments following the change to Winter Fuel Payment entitlement. Information on pensioners’ income bands based on whether they are in receipt o...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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