| Heading: |
Pensioners: Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1762607 |
| UIN: |
29296 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5100 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Blake Stephenson
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Blake Stephenson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24303 on Pensioners: Winter Fuel Payment, if she will make an estimate of the number of those pensioners who are on the basic state pension. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
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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: |
At May 2024, there were 3.5m pensioners with a basic State Pension income above £218.15: the Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee (SMG) threshold for single pensioners. (Source: Stat-Xplore) However, some pensioners with a basic State Pension income ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |