Question follow-through · 900641

Hospitals: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment on hospital admissions.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 9 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 15 Oct 2024
Answer: 16 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026

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Recorded timeline

9 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment on hospital admissions.
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2024
Answer published
This is not a decision any Government would want to make, but we inherited a £22 billion black hole in the nation’s finances. Difficult decisions are required.We continue to stand behind vulnerable households by:Increasing the state pension by around £460...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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