Winter Fuel Payment: Means-tested Benefits
Commons · Question 58326 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using of AI to support its processes for means testing for the winter fuel payment.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 16 Jun 2025
The Government wants to ensure a wider range of pensioners in England and Wales receive Winter Fuel Payment in future, while recognising public finance constraints and the fact that making payments to the highest income pensioners is hard to justify. From...