PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad (19 January 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to tackle the disparity in eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments for UK nationals living in different European Economic Area countries.

Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)

In 2015 legislation was introduced that stopped winter fuel payments being made to those EEA countries with warmer winter temperatures than the warmest winter area of Great Britain - South West England. This resulted in payments no longer being made to those living in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, France, Malta and Gibraltar. There are no plans to amend this legislation.

Answered by:
Guy Opperman (Conservative)
25 January 2021