| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1821748 |
| UIN: |
66678 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4942 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Richard Foord
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| Asking Member handle: |
richardfoordld
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@richardfoordld
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse of issuing the Winter Fuel Payment on a per-household basis. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-16 |
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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: |
No such estimate has been made. The Winter Fuel Payment is already a household payment paid on an individual basis. Winter Fuel Payments are typically £200 for a household with someone of State Pension age and £300 for a household with someone aged 80 or ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |