| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1743675 |
| UIN: |
HL2756 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
655 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the 100,000 additional pensioners moving into poverty as a result of changes to winter fuel payments. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
The Government is honouring our commitment to the Triple Lock with a 4.1 per cent increase to the basic State Pension, the new State Pension, and to the standard minimum guarantee in Pension Credit. As such, according to the latest OBR projections, the fu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |