Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 3877 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the universal entitlement to Winter Fuel Payments on (a) vulnerable and (b) low income pensioners.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 12 Sep 2024
The Government took account of the equality impacts in reaching its decision to link Winter Fuel Payments to receipt of Pension Credit and other qualifying income-related benefits in England and Wales from winter 2024-25. We know there are low-income pens...