Written questions

Winter Fuel Payment

Commons · Question 63246 · Tabled 26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Katie Lam

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of (a) households that entered fuel poverty and (b) excess winter deaths in 2024/25 following changes to the eligibility criteria for the W

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 1 Jul 2025

In the latest annual fuel poverty statistics published in March 2025, it is estimated that changes to Winter Fuel Payment eligibility did not affect the rate of fuel poverty in England in 2024, as measured by the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) m...