Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 3026 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Wera Hobhouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of means-testing the winter fuel payment on those no longer eligible for that payment.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 9 Sep 2024
This Government is committed to pensioners - everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement.Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the governmen...