Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 2891

Fuel Poverty: Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 4 September 2024
Named Day

Question

Mary Glindon

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of means testing the winter fuel payment on levels of fuel poverty in the winter of 2024-25.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
The Department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on levels of fuel poverty in winter 2024-25. A statistical publication estimating the rate of fuel poverty for those in receipt of Winter Fuel Payme...

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