Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4039

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 3 September 2024
Answered: 12 September 2024
Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the proposed saving is from the reduction in the franchise of the Winter Fuel Payment.

Answer

Emma Reynolds
The savings were estimated in Fixing the Foundations as Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) Winter Fuel Payments (WFP) savings of £1.4bn, for 2024/2025, for Great Britain. These included an assumption about increased take-up of Pension Credit which is in l...

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