Winter Fuel Payments
Commons · Question 28099 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26008 on Pension Credit, how many people eligible for Pension Credit were awaiting Winter Fuel Payments as of (a) 30 December 2024 and (b) 31 Januar
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 11 Feb 2025
Where the customer is eligible for a Winter Fuel Payment, the Department aims to make this payment within 2 weeks of the award of Pension Credit. Customers won't miss out on Winter Fuel Payments even if their qualifying benefit takes longer to process tha...