Question follow-through · 4541

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support pensioners who are no longer eligible for winter fuel payments.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 6 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 10 Sept 2024
Answer: 16 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support pensioners who are no longer eligible for winter fuel payments.
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2024
Answer published
Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. They will continue to be worth £200 for eligible households, or £300 for eligible households with someone...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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