Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 2367

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 30 July 2024

Answered: 5 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 43 of Her Majesty's Treasury's policy document entitled, Fixing the foundations public spending audit 2024-2025, published on 29 July 2024, what assessment she has made of t

Answer

Emma Reynolds

Ministers took account of the equality impacts in reaching their decision to link Winter Fuel Payments to receipt of Pension Credit and other qualifying income-related benefits in England and Wales from winter 2024-25. Given the substantial pressures face...

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