Question follow-through · 23196

Winter Fuel Payments: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support vulnerable pensioners during winter 2024-25, in the context of changes to the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel payment.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Jan 2025
Target answer date
14 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support vulnerable pensioners during winter 2024-25, in the context of changes to the eligibility criteria for the winter fuel payment.

  2. 14 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government offers an array of support to ensure pensioners remain comfortable and safe in the winter months. This includes direct financial help to low-income pensioners through Pension Credit, the Warm Home Discount, and (in England & Wales) Cold...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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