Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 2222

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 29 July 2024
Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of the winter fuel allowance in 2022/23; what estimate she has made of the savings to the public purse of only paying the winter fuel allowance o people claiming pe

Answer

Emma Reynolds
In 2022/23, 11.4 million people in 8.4 million households in Great Britain received a Winter Fuel Payment, at a total cost of £2 billion. The Government estimates that linking entitlement to receipt of Pension Credit and other relevant DWP income-related ...
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