| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1760881 |
| UIN: |
27911 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5244 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chris Hinchliff
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Hinchliff
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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 increasing the number of qualifying benefits for the Winter Fuel Payment. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-06 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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| Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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| Answer text: |
The Government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control. Linking Winter Fuel eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits for pensioners ensures the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |