| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment: Terminal Illnesses |
| Question ID: |
1743246 |
| UIN: |
15290 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4942 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Richard Foord
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| Asking Member handle: |
richardfoordld
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@richardfoordld
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making people with less than 12 months to live to automatically eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-11-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Answer text: |
This Government remains completely committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement.Linking Winter Fuel eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits for pensioners, ensures the least w... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |