Winter Fuel Payment: Death
Commons · Question 43680 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to means test the winter fuel payment on the number of excess deaths in winter 2024-25.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 8 Apr 2025
Targeting Winter Fuel Payments was a difficult decision, but the right decision given the challenging public finances. The Government is, however, protecting pensioners on the lowest incomes. Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner hous...