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Pensioner Cost of Living Payment

Monday 6 March 2023 · 1 question

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Key points

  • Laura Trott asked if the 18,000 pensioners who received the pensioner cost of living payment would also receive additional support like the 400 energy bill discount.
  • The additional support includes the 150 council tax rebate, the 150 disability cost of living payment, and the 150 warm home discount.
  • The question also inquired about benefits from the energy price guarantee for these pensioners.

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Context

In the fiscal year 2021-22, thousands of pensioners in Kettering and north Northamptonshire received winter fuel payments. The speaker estimates similar numbers will have received a £300 pensioner cost of living payment in 2022-23.

Question

In 2021-22, almost 18,000 pensioners in Kettering, over 60,000 pensioners in north Northamptonshire and more than 9 million pensioners in England received a winter fuel payment. We estimate that similar numbers will have received the £300 pensioner cost of living payment in 2022-23. Will those 18,000 pensioners in receipt of the pensioner cost of living payment also receive additional support such as the £400 energy bill discount, the £150 council tax rebate, the £150 disability cost of living payment and the £150 warm home discount? Will they also benefit from the energy price guarantee, saving a typical household £900 a year?

Answer from Philip Hollobone

Will those 18,000 pensioners in receipt of the pensioner cost of living payment also receive additional support such as the £400 energy bill discount, the £150 council tax rebate, the £150 disability cost of living payment and the £150 warm home discount? Will they also benefit from the energy price guarantee, saving a typical household £900 a year?

Not addressed: The answerer did not provide an answer but instead asked another question about additional support.

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