Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 9700

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 17 October 2024

Answered: 22 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Sir Mel Stride

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Responses to Freedom of Information requests on Equality Impact Assessments produced for targeting Winter Fuel Payment, published on 13 September 2024, for what reason the assessme

Answer

Emma Reynolds

The assessments undertaken by the Department and HM Treasury do not contradict each other. They are on a different basis. HM Treasury analysis is based on Census 2011 data and compares pensioners to the non-pensioner population. Whereas the Department’s a...

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