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Pension Credit: Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1808015 |
| UIN: |
56335 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4743 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lee Anderson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lee Anderson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people began receiving Pension Credit after the announcement of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2024. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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| Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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| Answer text: |
On 29 May 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes up to 25 May 2025. Pension Credit Statistics - May 2025Comparing the period since the announcement on 29 July 2024 that Winter Fuel... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |