| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1810916 |
| UIN: |
58418 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5177 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ann Davies
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Ann Davies
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the planned changes to the Winter Fuel Payment, announced on 9 June 2025, for what reason an income threshold of £35,000 for the Winter Fuel Payment was decided. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
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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: |
The Government wants more pensioners to benefit from Winter Fuel Payments. The £35,000 threshold means that the vast majority of pensions - more than three quarters and around 9 million individuals - will benefit from a Winter Fuel Payment. The threshold ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |