Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 28612

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 4 February 2025

Answered: 12 February 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of Winter Fuel Payments that were spent through (a) direct and (b) indirect taxation in 2023-24.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The department does not hold information on how Winter Fuel Payments were spent in 2023–24.