Question follow-through · 88330
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will reinstate the winter fuel payment in full.
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
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will reinstate the winter fuel payment in full.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government has increased the level at which Winter Fuel Payments are means-tested in England and Wales from winter 2025/26 so that the vast majority of pensioners – around 9 million individuals – will benefit from them.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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