Question follow-through · 14707
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the support available to pensioners (a) this winter and (b) in winter 2023/24.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 22 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the support available to pensioners (a) this winter and (b) in winter 2023/24.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Nov 2024
Answer published
From 2024/25, Winter Fuel Payments in England and Wales will be targeted to low-income pensioners. Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. They will continue...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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