Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 27328

Winter Fuel Payments: Terminal Illnesses

Tabled: 29 January 2025

Answered: 4 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Sojan Joseph

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for the eligibility of the Winter Fuel allowance to include pensioners who have received a terminal diagnosis.

Answer

Torsten Bell

Linking Winter Fuel eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits for pensioners, ensures the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they need; this includes people with a terminal illness who are eligible. There are no plans to ...

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