cold weather payment postcode search [merged]

amanda16

Hi Munchie

No i dont get any of the benefits you have mentioned.

thanks

munchings-n-crunchings

Hi Amanda,

You need to be in receipt of one of those benefits to be eligible for CWP's.
DLA and it's premiums are not entitlement on their own.

Regards

Munchie

david29_2

just spoke to income support and for my postcode BB10 theres 4 triggers had 2 of them so far. the nxt payment should be in the bank this wk for last wks cold weather, nxt wk i should have the 4th payment for the cold weather for this wk. The guy i did speak to said that the payments are sent out centrally and not locally.

amanda16

Thank you Munchie, because it said "Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element" i though that might be me but re-reading you are right.
thanks

munchings-n-crunchings

I did have to read and re read the criteria last year, and like you, thought I was entitled due to being in receipt of DLA.

As DLA is not means tested, a person employed and possibly on a good wage can receive it, and so if it was a qualifying benefit, it would go some people that may not necessarily need it.

Regards

Munchie.

geoff11

donna1888 wrote: »

yes geoff11 depending who answers ur call at the time they tell u anything to get you off the fone

this does indeed seem to be the case, that said ive rang twice got the info in one minute and the money was in for the first one when they said it would be, that was income support i dont ring anyone other than that dept for the cwp info.

geoff11

nayz90 wrote: »

i am phoning income support directly they sed thier systems show that my postcode has no triggers but if you type ex70pp on direct gov it says there are two. and i am entitled they sed and will recieve it IF my postcode gets a trigger.

thats who i ring, i rang this morn they recognized a trigger for my area as soon as i told them the postcode checker said the 4th, hmmmm most odd maybe you should ring and insist on speaking to a supervisor

mrsmetropolis

Just been told my second CWP payment will go into bank this Wednesday with the following third payment I'm entitled to being paid in a week later on the following Wednesday. I'm in the Manchester area so whether it's the same for all covered by Woodford I don't know.

geoff11

mrsmetropolis wrote: »

Just been told my second CWP payment will go into bank this Wednesday with the following third payment I'm entitled to being paid in a week later on the following Wednesday. I'm in the Manchester area so whether it's the same for all covered by Woodford I don't know.

same date as mine thats what they told me this morning what they told you, they were correct last time so i have no reason to doubt them this time.

richard9991

munchings-n-crunchings wrote: »

I did have to read and re read the criteria last year, and like you, thought I was entitled due to being in receipt of DLA.

As DLA is not means tested, a person employed and possibly on a good wage can receive it, and so if it was a qualifying benefit, it would go some people that may not necessarily need it.

Regards

Munchie.

yeah just like the winter fuel payment to over 60s