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Pension Credit: Winter Fuel Payment

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 21 January 2025UIN 24304

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners earning less than the Pension Credit threshold who did not receive winter fuel payment in winter 2024-25.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Department does not yet have data on households who did not receive a Winter Fuel Payment in Winter 2024/25. The latest data on Winter Fuel Payment caseload is available here: Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK.

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