Question follow-through · 61027
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide an estimate of the number of people eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2025-26 who did not receive it in 2024-25, broken down by constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide an estimate of the number of people eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2025-26 who did not receive it in 2024-25, broken down by constituency.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jun 2025
Answer published
The next release of Official Winter Fuel Payment statistics will cover this period and will be published on 16 September 2025. The majority of pensioners in England and Wales – around 9 million individuals – will now benefit from Winter Fuel Payments, mak...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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