Question follow-through · 4322
Winter Fuel Payment: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with Ministers in the Department for Communities in the Northern Ireland Executive on (a) eligibility for the winter fuel allowance and (b) that Department's access to ad
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with Ministers in the Department for Communities in the Northern Ireland Executive on (a) eligibility for the winter fuel allowance and (b) that Department's access to ad
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2024
Answer published
Ministers in the two Departments have discussed eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments in England and Wales, as part of continuing engagement between the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Executive. Winter Fuel Payments are a transferred matter in Nort...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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