Allow early payment of Winter Fuel Allowance to pensioners whose homes are not connected to the mains grid, and instead use oil, liquidpetroleum gas or propane gas for heating.
The bill would allow for the early payment of the winter fuel allowance to people whose homes are not connected to the mains gas grid and whose principal source of fuel is home fuel oil, liquidpetroleum gas or propane gas.
Households with oil-fired central heating, and those using solid fuel or liquidpetroleum gas to heat their homes, are much more likely to be in fuel poverty than "on-grid" households.