Question follow-through · 27911
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of qualifying benefits for the Winter Fuel Payment.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of qualifying benefits for the Winter Fuel Payment.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control. Linking Winter Fuel eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits for pensioners ensures the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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