Question follow-through · 6297

Winter Fuel Payment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing eligibility requirements for the winter fuel payment on people with disabilities.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
9 Oct 2024
Answer
10 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing eligibility requirements for the winter fuel payment on people with disabilities.

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to pensioners. Everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the Governmen...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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