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Winter Fuel Payment

Asked by Harriet CrossConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 57051

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in receipt of a Winter Fuel Payment in 2023-24 were no longer eligible in 2024-25.

Answered by Torsten Bell

It is estimated that 9.2 million pensioners who received a WFP in 2023/24 were not eligible for a WFP in 2024/25. This estimate was published in the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook.

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