JE v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (SF): UTAA 12 Jan 2022

Winter fuel payment (WFP) – Claims for WFP and automatic awards of WFP to existing claimants of other benefits – Whether regulation 4 of the Social Fund WFP Regulations 2000 indirectly discriminatory against men – CIS/2497/2002 considered – Whether claimant in an analogous situation to woman with same birth date who claimed state pension at an earlier age and so received automatic award of WFP – Whether objective justification for any differential treatment.

Citations:

[2022] UKUT 12 (AAC)

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Benefits

Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.677450