Question follow-through · 901542
Winter Fuel Payment: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of recent changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on pensioners in Scotland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of recent changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on pensioners in Scotland.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
This Government is supporting pensioners through increasing pension credit uptake and protecting the triple lock. This means an increase in the state pension for a million Scottish pensioners of up to £470 next year, on top of up to £900 this year.This ye...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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