Winter Fuel Allowance Payments (Off Gas Grid Claimants) Bill

Key Points

• Enables early Winter Fuel Allowance payments for off-gas-grid households.
• Targets residents whose main heating fuel is heating oil, LPG or propane and who are not on the mains gas grid.
• Provides the rules and powers needed to administer the early payments and related matters.
• Originating in the House of Commons and currently at the 2nd Reading in the Commons.
• If it progresses, it would move to committee stage in the Commons and then to the House of Lords for consideration.

Progress

The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons. If it passes, it would proceed to committee stage and then onward for Lords consideration.