Cold weather payments: quickly check if you're entitled
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Cold weather payments are cash boosts (for paying energy bills) for those on certain benefits when the weather gets especially cold. You get £25 per week if the temperature drops to below zero celsius (or is predicted to) for seven consecutive days between 1 Nov to 31 March.
Don't confuse this with winter fuel payments for over 60s which are automatically paid every year (See the Winter Fuel news story for more).
[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif]Who's eligible?[/title]
You may be eligible for a Cold Weather Payment if you get Pension Credit or income-related Employment and Support Allowance with a support or work related activity component in the main phase.
You may also be eligible for a Cold Weather Payment for each qualifying week if you are getting Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance in the assessment phase and have one of the following:
[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif]Quickly find out if your area should receive payments[/title]
You can use Direct Gov's postcode checker to find out how many cold weather payments your area is entitled too:
UPDATE 6 Jan. It looks like Direct Giv may be having problems with the postcode checker. If it's not working for you, check this Cold Weather PDF for details of payments due up to 5 Jan.
[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif]How you get the cash[/title]
There is no need to make a claim. Payments are made automatically by the Income Support Computer System or Jobseeker's Allowance Payment System after the temperature has dropped. A small number of cases are paid clerically by the Social Security or Jobs & Benefits office.
Though so people report they've not got a payment when they should....
If you've not got a payment and should have please let us know by clicking reply and posting in the discussion
Related Articles: 5 Minute Benefit Check Up, Grant Grabbing
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Cold weather payments are cash boosts (for paying energy bills) for those on certain benefits when the weather gets especially cold. You get £25 per week if the temperature drops to below zero celsius (or is predicted to) for seven consecutive days between 1 Nov to 31 March.
Don't confuse this with winter fuel payments for over 60s which are automatically paid every year (See the Winter Fuel news story for more).
[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif]Who's eligible?[/title]
You may be eligible for a Cold Weather Payment if you get Pension Credit or income-related Employment and Support Allowance with a support or work related activity component in the main phase.
You may also be eligible for a Cold Weather Payment for each qualifying week if you are getting Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance in the assessment phase and have one of the following:
- a pensioner premium, higher pensioner premium or enhanced pensioner premium
- a disability premium, enhanced disability premium or severe disability premium
- a disabled child premium
- Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
- a child who is under five in the family
[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif]Quickly find out if your area should receive payments[/title]
You can use Direct Gov's postcode checker to find out how many cold weather payments your area is entitled too:
UPDATE 6 Jan. It looks like Direct Giv may be having problems with the postcode checker. If it's not working for you, check this Cold Weather PDF for details of payments due up to 5 Jan.
[title=http://images2.moneysavingexpert.com/images/dp/wtd_underline.gif]How you get the cash[/title]
There is no need to make a claim. Payments are made automatically by the Income Support Computer System or Jobseeker's Allowance Payment System after the temperature has dropped. A small number of cases are paid clerically by the Social Security or Jobs & Benefits office.
Though so people report they've not got a payment when they should....
If you've not got a payment and should have please let us know by clicking reply and posting in the discussion
Related Articles: 5 Minute Benefit Check Up, Grant Grabbing
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...this offer of financial help from the government does not apply if you were made redundant through no-fault-of-your-own and happen to be single and seeking work; unless you have kid(s), partner, disability or pension.
Seems again that it's tough luck to those who have less income coming in and now have to pay out £70 per week to try and be warm. Oh, that's right - that's more money than we're given by the government each week. Shucks!
On a positive note - Martin, your site has saved me loads over the past unfortunate year. Here's to even more savings and good fortune for 2010 :-)0 -
I presume the discussion you mean is this one?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2162593*SIGH*0 -
I presume the discussion you mean is this one?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2162593Torgwen.......... ...........0 -
ive just checked my postcode it says i am entitiled to 2 payments but have not received anything yet.0
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lizzieben333 wrote: »ive just checked my postcode it says i am entitiled to 2 payments but have not received anything yet.*SIGH*0
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I put my postcode in and it says i should have received 3 payments from 1st Nov until 6th Jan, checked with my bank and i received one payment at xmas and one yesterday, should i call up about the other one0
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I put my postcode in and it says i should have received 3 payments from 1st Nov until 6th Jan, checked with my bank and i received one payment at xmas and one yesterday, should i call up about the other one*SIGH*0
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Right okay.............now ours is 4 payments.........
I know I should not write in the post code "on here" as such but here is the write up here:
The Met Office have notified the Department for Work and Pensions that 4 periods of very cold weather have occurred in the NP44 postcode area between 1 November 2009 and 6 January 2010, triggering Cold Weather Payments.
If you have qualified for Cold Weather Payments since 1 November 2009 and live in this postcode area, you will receive 4 Cold Weather PaymentsThe one and only "Dizzy Di"0 -
Hooary finally the powers of be have made this a sticky....I mean it's only been mentioned several times in the other thread :rolleyes:*SIGH*0
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