Question follow-through · 29296
Pensioners: Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24303 on Pensioners: Winter Fuel Payment, if she will make an estimate of the number of those pensioners who are on the basic state pension.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24303 on Pensioners: Winter Fuel Payment, if she will make an estimate of the number of those pensioners who are on the basic state pension.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
At May 2024, there were 3.5m pensioners with a basic State Pension income above £218.15: the Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee (SMG) threshold for single pensioners. (Source: Stat-Xplore) However, some pensioners with a basic State Pension income ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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