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Written Question
Winter Fuel Payment
Friday 6th September 2024

Asked by: Claire Coutinho (Conservative - East Surrey)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received the Winter Fuel Payment in each constituency in the last financial year.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings deserves a comfortable and dignified retirement.

Given the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control.

The relevant latest statistics can be found at: Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (Winter Fuel Payment statistics, Great Britain, European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland: winter 2022 to 2023).

Speech in Written Statements - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Bereavement Benefits

"My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (the Baroness Stedman-Scott) has made the following written statement.

We have today laid the draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022. Copies of the draft Remedial Order and Explanatory Memorandum are available in the Journal Office and …..."
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Speech in Written Statements - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Bereavement Benefits

"My noble Friend, the Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Stedman-Scott) has made the following written statement:

We have today laid the draft Bereavement Benefits (2022) Remedial Order. Copies of the draft remedial order and explanatory memorandum are available in the Journal Office and the Vote Office …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. Many of my poorest households in East Surrey will be anxious about their energy bills and about what our cost of living package will mean for them. Now that we have had the Ofgem forecast, will the Minister confirm that the expected average increase in energy bills this year …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 25 Feb 2022
Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill

"This is the second time in a week that we have seen important changes to regulation in insurance and pensions that will have a meaningful impact on the country. Last week, we reformed Solvency II, which will unlock billions of pounds of investment, and now we have this Bill, which …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
British Sign Language Bill

"It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne) and I congratulate the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper). We all feel that the speeches that people make here when they bring their own personal story are so powerful. Her speech …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
British Sign Language Bill

"I agree that hearing about the richness of the language has been a joyous part of today’s debate, as well as hearing about the different grammar, accents and slang. I am glad that it will now be added to our list of indigenous languages.

On that note, I conclude by …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What assessment she has made of the resilience of the universal credit system during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"During the pandemic, the universal credit system proved not only its resilience but its agility in providing people with the emergency support that they needed. Now that the Government are rightly focusing on getting people back into work, could my right hon. Friend set out the timetable for the very …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits

"The right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) talked about people finding jobs and finding better jobs, so I thought I would start by talking about what is happening in the jobs market at the moment. We have seen increasing wage growth and vacancies at a 20-year high, with …..."
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