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Increase in AME Budgets

Written ministerial statementMade by Torsten BellParliamentary Secretary, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)Department for Work and PensionsHCWS1048

I would like to notify the House that the Department for Work and Pensions has obtained approval from His Majesty’s Treasury for an increase of £1,610,000,000 to non-voted AME budgets and the total AME budget control, to fund increases to the Winter Fuel Payment in line with the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2025.

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