Question follow-through · 6479
Winter Fuel Payment: Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who will not be eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in Ashfield constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who will not be eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in Ashfield constituency.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2024
Answer published
It is estimated that around 15,800 pensioners in Ashfield Constituency (2024 boundaries) will be impacted by the decision to amend the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment. This is based on February 2024 Pension Credit statistics which are ava...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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