Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 2368 · Tabled 30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 43 of her Majesty's Treasury's policy document entitled, Fixing the foundations public spending audit 2024-2025, published on 29 July 2024, what assessment she has made of th
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 5 Sep 2024
Ministers took account of the equality impacts in reaching their decision to link Winter Fuel Payments to receipt of Pension Credit and other qualifying income-related benefits in England and Wales from winter 2024-25. Given the substantial pressures face...