United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101534
Winter Fuel Payment
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18 December 2025
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12 January 2026 · Answer
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12 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to address potential unintended consequences of the new Winter Fuel Allowance criteria that result in single pensioners with lower incomes being excluded from support
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18 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to address potential unintended consequences of the new Winter Fuel Allowance criteria that result in single pensioners with lower incomes being excluded from support
Source: Commons
12 January 2026
Answer
Winter Fuel Payments remain a simple scheme to provide a payment to the majority of pensioners quickly and automatically, as a contribution to heating costs in winter. The personal tax system operates on an individual basis and, as such, any individual wi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-18/101534
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1866144
- uk · wq-1866144 · source updated 12 January 2026