Written questions

Winter Fuel Payment

Commons · Question 9355 · Tabled 15 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to means test the winter fuel payment on the expected number of excess deaths in winter 2024-25.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 21 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. We will do this through protecting the triple lock, keeping energy bills low through our Warm ...