| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1805808 |
| UIN: |
54463 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5110 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Euan Stainbank
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Euan Stainbank
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential cost per year of universally restoring the Winter Fuel Payment. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
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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: |
Paying Winter Fuel Payments on a universal basis in England and Wales is estimated to cost an additional £1.3 billion in 2025/26 and £1.4 billion in 2026/27. |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |