Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the equality impact assessment for changes to winter fuel payment entitlement.
Answered by Emma Reynolds
The Regulations will come into force on 16 September, the first day of the Winter Fuel Payment qualifying week.
In making a decision on Winter Fuel Payment eligibility, the Government had regard to an equality analysis in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty requirements. However, it is not the convention for equality analyses to be published alongside secondary legislation.
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