Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 58326
Winter Fuel Payment: Means-tested Benefits
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using of AI to support its processes for means testing for the winter fuel payment.
Answer
Torsten BellThe Government wants to ensure a wider range of pensioners in England and Wales receive Winter Fuel Payment in future, while recognising public finance constraints and the fact that making payments to the highest income pensioners is hard to justify. From...
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