Question follow-through · 87178

Winter Fuel Payment: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to raise awareness and warn pensioners about scam messages on winter fuel payment eligibility.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
31 Oct 2025
Target answer date
4 Nov 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to raise awareness and warn pensioners about scam messages on winter fuel payment eligibility.

  2. 4 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is taking a number of steps to protect our vulnerable customers from online benefit scams. This includes raising public awareness of benefit scam messages on the Gov.uk website. Our most recent Press Release rela...

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