Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 57051

Winter Fuel Payment

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in receipt of a Winter Fuel Payment in 2023-24 were no longer eligible in 2024-25.

Answer

Torsten Bell
It is estimated that 9.2 million pensioners who received a WFP in 2023/24 were not eligible for a WFP in 2024/25. This estimate was published in the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook.