Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 29296

Pensioners: Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 5 February 2025

Answered: 10 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24303 on Pensioners: Winter Fuel Payment, if she will make an estimate of the number of those pensioners who are on the basic state pension.

Answer

Torsten Bell

At May 2024, there were 3.5m pensioners with a basic State Pension income above £218.15: the Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee (SMG) threshold for single pensioners. (Source: Stat-Xplore) However, some pensioners with a basic State Pension income ...

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