Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 36838

Winter Fuel Payment: Lancashire

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 13 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on NHS services in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Government has had to make difficult decisions in view of the state of the public finances that it inherited, including the decision to target the Winter Fuel Payment on those on the lowest incomes. The decisions mean we are able to provide additional...

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