Question follow-through · 61636
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners with a net worth of over £1 million who will be eligible to receive Winter Fuel Payments.
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
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners with a net worth of over £1 million who will be eligible to receive Winter Fuel Payments.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department does not collect data on individuals’ net worth.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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