| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1793670 |
| UIN: |
45096 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4647 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Julia Lopez
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| Asking Member handle: |
JuliaLopezMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JuliaLopezMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of correspondence to inform pensioners about changes to the winter fuel payment. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
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: |
This winter, during a six-week period, the Department communicated with pensioners regarding the change in eligibility for the Winter Fuel Payment and also included an update on its Scottish equivalent. Around 13 million letters were issued to individuals... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |