Fuel Poverty: Winter Fuel Payment

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 9 September 2024.

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Photo of John Martin McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Labour, Hayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of changes to the winter fuel payment on the number of people living in fuel poverty.

Photo of Miatta Fahnbulleh Miatta Fahnbulleh Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

A statistical publication estimating the rate of fuel poverty for those in receipt of Winter Fuel Payment in 2023, and the proportion of households who would be in fuel poverty under new eligibility criteria, will be published in due course.

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