Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 3343

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that changes to Winter Fuel Payments do not disproportionately affect pensioners in colder regions of the UK; and how regional variations in winter heating costs were

Answer

Emma Reynolds
This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the governme...

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