State Retirement Pensions and Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 5759 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the financial impact of planned changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on recipients of the old State Pension.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 8 Oct 2024
This Government is committed to pensioners - everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement. In making a decision on Winter Fuel Payment eligibility, the Government had regard to an equa...