Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25535

Viral Diseases

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 7 February 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

Conservative — Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of means-testing the winter fuel payment on the number of (a) flu, (b) Covid, (c) norovirus and (d) RSV cases.

Answer

An assessment of the potential impact of means-testing the winter fuel payment on the number of flu, COVID-19, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus cases has not been produced. The Government has taken action to ensure low-income households are prot...
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