In 2024/25 the government of the United Kingdom is expected to have spent approximately 311 million British pounds on the winter fuel payment, a state benefit intended to help people over a certain age pay their winter energy bills.
This benefit, although previously available to all pensioners in the UK, was changed in 2025 so that only pensioners on the lowest incomes have access to it.This policy has proven very unpopular, however, with some voters citing it as the main reason they feel let down with the current government,
Government expenditure on winter fuel payments in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2024/25
(in million GBP)
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GOV.UK, & Department for Work and Pensions UK. (April 23, 2025). Government expenditure on winter fuel payments in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2024/25 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/284463/uk-winter-fuel-payment-expenditure/
GOV.UK, und Department for Work and Pensions UK. "Government expenditure on winter fuel payments in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2024/25 (in million GBP)." Chart. April 23, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284463/uk-winter-fuel-payment-expenditure/
GOV.UK, Department for Work and Pensions UK. (2025). Government expenditure on winter fuel payments in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2024/25 (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284463/uk-winter-fuel-payment-expenditure/
GOV.UK, and Department for Work and Pensions UK. "Government Expenditure on Winter Fuel Payments in The United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2024/25 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284463/uk-winter-fuel-payment-expenditure/
GOV.UK & Department for Work and Pensions UK, Government expenditure on winter fuel payments in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2024/25 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284463/uk-winter-fuel-payment-expenditure/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Government expenditure on winter fuel payments in the United Kingdom from 2010/11 to 2024/25 (in million GBP) [Graph], GOV.UK, & Department for Work and Pensions UK, April 23, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/284463/uk-winter-fuel-payment-expenditure/
