However, I can offer reassurance that the Scottish Government is in discussion with the Department of Work and Pensions, which has committed to make payments this winter to eligible pensioners in Scotland on terms equivalent to Winter Fuel payments in England and Wales. 1 Given the UK Government’s decision to restrict to those in receipt of means-tested benefits, such as Pension Credit, and the implications for the Scottish Government detailed above, I have urged the Secretary of State to undertake a benefits take-up campaign for Pension Credit and to move forward with plans for a social energy tariff.