Question follow-through · 66678
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse of issuing the Winter Fuel Payment on a per-household basis.
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
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse of issuing the Winter Fuel Payment on a per-household basis.
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2025
Answer published
No such estimate has been made. The Winter Fuel Payment is already a household payment paid on an individual basis. Winter Fuel Payments are typically £200 for a household with someone of State Pension age and £300 for a household with someone aged 80 or ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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