Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 50329

Winter Fuel Payment: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Tabled: 6 May 2025

Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on living standards for pensioners in Harpenden and Berkhamsted.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Government is, protecting pensioners on the lowest incomes. Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or other qualifying means-tested benefits or tax credits. They will continue to be ...

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