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...