Torsten Bell
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Sir Ashley Fox
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of means-testing the winter fuel payment on levels of pensioner poverty.
Torsten Bell
This Government have run the biggest ever take-up campaign on pension credit, which is worth around £400 on average to those eligible.
[Official Report, 3 February 2025; Vol. 761, c. 534.]
Written correction submitted by the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Swansea West (Torsten Bell):
Torsten Bell
This Government have run the biggest ever take-up campaign on pension credit, which is worth around £4,200 a year on average to those eligible.