Pension Credit: Winter Fuel Payment
Commons · Question 37135 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount paid per week is to people who have started claiming Pension Credit since the changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment were announced.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 14 Mar 2025
The latest available data shows that, for all Pension Credit recipients, at August 2024, the average weekly amount of Pension Credit paid was £83.01. (Source: Stat-Xplore). The next iteration of the DWP Benefit Statistics publication has a provisional rel...