| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1814151 |
| UIN: |
61027 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5066 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Steve Darling
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Steve Darling
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide an estimate of the number of people eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2025-26 who did not receive it in 2024-25, broken down by constituency. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
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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: |
The next release of Official Winter Fuel Payment statistics will cover this period and will be published on 16 September 2025. The majority of pensioners in England and Wales – around 9 million individuals – will now benefit from Winter Fuel Payments, mak... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |