Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility
Commons · Question 3186 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission a equality impact assessment on the proposed changes to the eligibility for the Winter Fuel Payment.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 11 Sep 2024
The Regulations will come into force on 16 September, the first day of the Winter Fuel Payment qualifying week. In making a decision on Winter Fuel Payment eligibility, the Government had regard to the equality analysis in line with the Public Sector Equa...