That this House expresses its concern that The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 are being introduced without prior consultation or an impact assessment, nor with sufficient time to put in place a proper and effective take-up campaign for Pension Credit; notes this approach fails to take account for those people with modest incomes that are just above the entitlement threshold for Pension Credit; further notes the worrying annual excess winter death figures among pensioners; recognises the impact a sharp rise in the energy price cap of 10% from 1 October will have on pensioners which will not be helped by introducing a bureaucratic and unpopular means test which undermines the benefits of universalism when older people have higher energy costs due to comorbidities and poor housing insulation; further recognises that colder homes make older people more susceptible to poor health, including hyperthermia, respiratory and circulatory disease; and calls on the Government to postpone the ending of Winter Fuel Payments and establish a comprehensive strategy to tackle fuel poverty, health inequality and low incomes among older people.
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024
Early day motion sponsored by
Neil Duncan-Jordan (primary sponsor, Labour), Jon Trickett, Clive Lewis, Rachael Maskell, Zarah Sultana
and
Nadia Whittome and
tabled on Monday, 2 September 2024, in the
House of Commons.
It is
signed by
49 Members in total.
About this early day motion
Reference
115 Session
2024-25Other sponsors
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Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations
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