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Winter Fuel Payment: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 February 2026UIN 108261

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK nationals have received Winter Fuel Payments for the following financial years a) 2024/25 b) 2025/2026, and what was the total value of Winter Fuel Payments paid to those non-UK nationals in each of those financial years.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The requested statistics are not held by the Department.

The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2025 changed the entitlement conditions so that payments are only made to people living in England or Wales. As a result, from Winter 2025/26, Winter Fuel Payments are no longer paid outside the UK.

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