Winter Fuel Payment: Edinburgh South West
Commons · Question 29321 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Edinburgh South West constituency claimed the Winter Fuel Payment in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and how many of those were new claimants in each of those years.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 14 Feb 2025
The vast majority of Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically without the need to claim. Linking Winter Fuel eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits for pensioners ensures the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they ...