Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Department's assessment of the compatibility of its policy to introduce means-testing for the Winter Fuel Payment with the Public Sector Equality Duty as set out in the Equality Act 2010.

An equality analysis was produced as part of Ministerial decision making in line with the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty.

This was published on 13 September and can be found online here: DWP Freedom of Information response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

By convention, such analyses are not published alongside secondary legislation. However, in view of the close public interest in this issue Ministers decided, exceptionally, to publish in this case.