Victoria Collins asked · Emma Reynolds replied

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of means-testing Winter Fuel Payments on pensioner poverty in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

No such assessment has been made, as statistics for the total number of people living in poverty are not available at a constituency level. This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings de...