Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 86495

Winter Fuel Payment: Fraud

Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of reported incidents of winter fuel payment-related scams in each of the past five years.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Department does not hold a formal record of the number of reported winter fuel payment-related scams over the past five years.