Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 2691 · Tabled 30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 6 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing eligibility requirements for the Winter Fuel Allowance on the affordability of energy for people aged over 65 in (a) North Cornwall const
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 6 Sep 2024
Around 20,000 people in the North Cornwall constituency will be affected by the change in eligibility requirements. Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the government has had to make hard choices to bring the p...