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General Practitioners: Winter Fuel Payment

Commons · Question 4374 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of allowing GPs to prescribe a Winter Fuel Payment to pensioners in fuel poverty.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 17 Sep 2024

The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to ensure that fuel poor and health vulnerable households are supported.The UK Health Security Agency publishes the Adverse Weather and Health Plan...