Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
Question ID: |
1727735 |
UIN: |
4373 |
House: |
Commons |
Date tabled: |
2024-09-05 |
Asking Member ID: |
4471 |
Asking Member display name: |
Rachael Maskell
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Asking Member handle: |
rachaelmaskell
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Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@rachaelmaskell
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has asked the Chief Medical Officer to conduct an impact assessment of introducing means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment. |
Is named day: |
true |
Date of holding answer: |
2024-09-10 |
Date answered: |
2024-09-30 |
Date answer corrected: |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
1506 |
Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Gwynne
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Answering Member handle: |
GwynneMP
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GwynneMP
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Correcting Member ID: |
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Correcting Member display name: |
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Correcting Member handle: |
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Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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Answer text: |
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with the Chief Medical Officer to discuss key issues affecting the public’s health, including winter pressures. In deciding on Winter Fuel Payment eligibility, the Gover... |
Original answer text: |
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Comparable answer text: |
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Answering body ID: |
17 |
Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
Tweeted: |
true |