Winter Fuel Payment: Lancashire
Commons · Question 36838 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on NHS services in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 13 Mar 2025
The Government has had to make difficult decisions in view of the state of the public finances that it inherited, including the decision to target the Winter Fuel Payment on those on the lowest incomes. The decisions mean we are able to provide additional...