§ Lord Marshasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the cost of applying payment of the £20 winter fuel allowance to those persons in each of the top two bands of income tax. [HL472]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyFor the 1998–99 tax year, it is estimated that the Exchequer cost of winter fuel payments to those persons paying basic rate or higher rate tax will be around £25 million.