Question follow-through · 28099
Winter Fuel Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26008 on Pension Credit, how many people eligible for Pension Credit were awaiting Winter Fuel Payments as of (a) 30 December 2024 and (b) 31 Januar
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26008 on Pension Credit, how many people eligible for Pension Credit were awaiting Winter Fuel Payments as of (a) 30 December 2024 and (b) 31 Januar
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2025
Answer published
Where the customer is eligible for a Winter Fuel Payment, the Department aims to make this payment within 2 weeks of the award of Pension Credit. Customers won't miss out on Winter Fuel Payments even if their qualifying benefit takes longer to process tha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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