Question follow-through · 36838
Winter Fuel Payment: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on NHS services in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on NHS services in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government has had to make difficult decisions in view of the state of the public finances that it inherited, including the decision to target the Winter Fuel Payment on those on the lowest incomes. The decisions mean we are able to provide additional...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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