Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101535
Winter Fuel Payment: Widowed People
Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 12 January 2026
Question
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat — Cheadle
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Winter Fuel Allowance reforms include any safeguards for pensioners who have recently been widowed and whose household income has significantly reduced.
Answer
Torsten BellWinter Fuel Payments remain a simple scheme which provides a payment to the majority of pensioners quickly and automatically, as a contribution towards heating costs in winter - and around 9 million pensioners will benefit this winter. Pensioners who expe...
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