Question follow-through · 5174

Winter Fuel Payment: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of means-testing Winter Fuel Payments on pensioner poverty in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 10 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 12 Sept 2024
Answer: 18 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of means-testing Winter Fuel Payments on pensioner poverty in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2024
Answer published
No such assessment has been made, as statistics for the total number of people living in poverty are not available at a constituency level. This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings de...

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