Question reference: S6W-20657
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 15 August 2023
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 September 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to roll out the Winter Heating Payment to households in 2023-24.
Answer
As part of our ongoing joint programme for delivery, following the launch of the Winter Heating Payment, Scottish Government officials have been working with counterparts at the Department of Work and Pensions to develop a revised timeframe that will allow payments to be issued earlier in Winter 2023-24 and subsequent years. I will provide a more detailed update to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on this work in due course.