Question follow-through · 10829
Winter Fuel Payment: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will expand eligibility for Winter Fuel Allowance to older people ineligible for Pension Credit who receive (a) Housing Benefit, (b) Local Housing Allowance, (c) Council Tax Support, (d) any bene
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will expand eligibility for Winter Fuel Allowance to older people ineligible for Pension Credit who receive (a) Housing Benefit, (b) Local Housing Allowance, (c) Council Tax Support, (d) any bene
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 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: Universal Credit, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, In...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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