Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 7333 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing (a) Pension Credit and (b) the personal allowances of pensioners to mitigate the potential impact of the removal of Winter Fuel Allowance.
Answer
Answered by Darren Jones, 14 Oct 2024
The standard minimum income guarantee for a single person and couples in Pension Credit rises in line with average earnings to ensure that it maintains its relative value over time to ensure that Pension Credit (Guarantee Credit) will continue to provide ...