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Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 September 2024UIN 2738

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that will be affected by the proposed change to the eligibility criteria for winter fuel payments by (a) ethnicity and (b) socio-economic status.

Answered by Emma Reynolds

An Equality Analysis was produced by the Department prior to the Government announcing targeting the Winter Fuel Payment from 2024-25 and is available here: GOV.UK. However, the requested information is not recorded on our administrative data systems and is therefore not available.

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