Question follow-through · 20093
Poverty: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle poverty experienced by older people, in the context of changes to the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel payment.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle poverty experienced by older people, in the context of changes to the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel payment.
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government is honouring our commitment to the Triple Lock with a 4.1% increase to the basic State Pension and the new State Pension; and we are also increasing the standard minimum guarantee in Pension Credit by 4.1%. As such, according to the latest ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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