Winter Fuel Payment
(asked on 17th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people opted out of receiving the winter fuel payment for 2025–26.
This question was answered on 1st October 2025
Around 50,000 people in England and Wales have opted out of receiving an automatic Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2025/26, although work is still underway to conclude the final position.
The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.