Question follow-through · 900938

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people no longer eligible for the winter fuel allowance are higher or additional rate taxpayers.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 23 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 29 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people no longer eligible for the winter fuel allowance are higher or additional rate taxpayers.
29 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Winter Fuel Payment continues to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit . This means that the Winter Fuel Payment will be better targeted to low income pensioners who need it. Winter Fuel Payments are paid on a household...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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