Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30326

Viral Diseases

Tabled: 10 February 2025

Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 25535 on Viral Diseases, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of means-testing the winter fuel payment on the number of cases

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department has no current plans to undertake 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.The relationship between cold weather and respi...

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