Fuel Poverty: Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 2891 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of means testing the winter fuel payment on levels of fuel poverty in the winter of 2024-25.
Answer
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 4 Sep 2024
The Department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on levels of fuel poverty in winter 2024-25. A statistical publication estimating the rate of fuel poverty for those in receipt of Winter Fuel Payme...