| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment: Sutton and Cheam |
| Question ID: |
1728674 |
| UIN: |
5216 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5103 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Luke Taylor
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| Asking Member handle: |
LukeTaylorLD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LukeTaylorLD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that will be affected by the proposed changes to pensioners' eligibility for the Winter Fuel Payment in Sutton and Cheam constituency. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Answer text: |
The Pension Credit data that is used is based on the 2010 Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, not 2024, in order to be comparable with the Winter Fuel Payment statistics. It is estimated that around 14,000 pensioners in Sutton and Cheam constituency... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |