Question follow-through · 26024
Winter Fuel Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department made a distinction between pensioners living in (a) care homes and (b) assisted living accommodation when reviewing eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department made a distinction between pensioners living in (a) care homes and (b) assisted living accommodation when reviewing eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments.
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2025
Answer published
Pensioners who are in receipt of a means-tested benefit such as Pension Credit, and who live in a care home are not entitled to a Winter Fuel Payment. This is because most will have their care and accommodation costs met by the Local Authority. For purpos...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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