Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 2890 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the additional resources it will need to means test winter fuel payments.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 5 Sep 2024
The department will deliver this year’s Winter Fuel Payments within the existing planned headcount. This is due to linking eligibility to Winter Fuel Payments with existing means tested benefits rather than means testing Winter Fuel Payments separately.