Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
(asked on 4th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse of winter fuel payments to overseas residents was in 2023/24.
This question was answered on 10th October 2024
Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payments made to individuals and households are publicly available via GOV.UK. The latest statistics cover winter 2023 to 2024.
The winter 2023 to 2024 Winter Fuel Payment expenditure for residents in eligible European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland was £17.6 million.
Source: Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 -GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).