Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 23061

Personal Independence Payment: Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of excluding people on Personal Independence Payment from eligibility for the winter fuel payment on their ability to meet energy costs.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the Government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control. Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someon...

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