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1282631

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date	01/02/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of the winter fuel payment were paid (a) prior to 31 December 2020 and (b) from 1 January to 1 February 2021; and how many payments remain outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	146911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>We are not able to respond to your request as this information is only available at disproportionate cost to DWP.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2021 14:45:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 80325 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1282637

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in the payment of the winter fuel payment.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	146912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>DWP paid ninety-nine per cent of payments on time, which equated to 11.4 Million payments.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has deployed additional resources to ensure that the remaining Winter Fuel Payments are made as soon as possible, as well as boosting our capacity to handle an increase in telephone enquiries.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining 1% of payments, and supplementary payments generated by a customer’s change of circumstances, will be made by 31 March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2021 14:48:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 80326 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1282638

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission a review on processes relating to winter fuel payments to ensure that all qualifying recipients are paid (a) accurately and (b) within agreed timescales.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	146913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>As standard practice, DWP will review the Winter Fuel Payment exercise.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2021 14:50:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 80327 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman