| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment: Taxation |
| Question ID: |
1807748 |
| UIN: |
HL7933 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
567 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Hain
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| Asking Member handle: |
PeterHain
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@PeterHain
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what would be the anticipated net revenue gain from taxing the Winter Fuel Payment. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
On 9 June the Government announced that, from this winter 2025/26, Winter Fuel Payment eligibility will be expanded in England and Wales. Pensioners with incomes below or equal to £35,000 will benefit from a Winter Fuel Payment. This will mean that the va... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |