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date	2015-06-10
answering dept id	29
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
answer › answering member constituency	North Swindon
max answer › date of answer	2016-04-18

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10/06/2015

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Winter Fuel Payment

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of paying winter fuel allowance payments directly to energy providers; and if he will make a statement.

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Newcastle upon Tyne East

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Mr Nicholas Brown

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1798

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is ministerial correction

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15/06/2015

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<p /> <p>Last year the Department undertook an initial feasibility assessment of a voucher scheme to pay Winter Fuel Payments directly to energy providers. It showed that there would be significant additional administrative complexities and costs to the energy providers which were likely to directly increase the fuel bills for all customers and we expected that a significant number of the most vulnerable pensioners would lose out by not redeeming their voucher.</p>

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North Swindon

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Justin Tomlinson

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15/06/2015 15:18:03

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	label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

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	label	Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown