cold weather payment postcode search [merged]

SingleSue

Well still no payment so have given IS a ring and insisted that this time they took a look at my file.

Upshot of it is because I claim income support and get child tax credit with a severe disability element, it is supposed to be done by the tax credit people. Last year, the payments were not going out automatically (due to some glitch) to people in the same situation as me (who knows, maybe I would have got one last year if I had actually checked) and it all had to be done manually. This was supposed to be fixed for this year but it appears that the glitch may not actually be sorted as they have had a few calls from people who haven't yet received a CWP.

Due to the risk of being paid twice for the same trigger if they do one now, I have to wait until Monday next week and if still no payment, contact them again for IS to pay it.

geoff11

mardatha wrote: »

good site geoff ty !:D

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/, if you type your postcode in on the left hand side of the page itll show where the snow is in regards to your area and the amount will show up in red, the more red the more snow your getting.

SMC_2

I see the postcode search link is not working at the moment.

geoff11

seems theyve knocked it out and you get directed to the dwp site which is no use whatsoever.

Dreamnine

DWP have done this intentionally as they were getting too many enquiries. Sods.

supersaverkerry

Does anyone know whats happened to the cold whether payment checker?

I had it stored in my favorites so I could find it easily, but when I tried to look at it today I got a message saying the pension service info has moved to direc gov, so I followed the link and on that page it had a link to check for payments and it took me back to where I started, so Im just going round in circles!

Does anyone know where to find the checker now??

Thanks

karenx

~Have u even looked in the benefit section??? Its about 5 posts before your one????

Pagg

To those who've not received the cold weather payment, you gotta chill out.

P-J-D_2

Dreamnine wrote: »

DWP have done this intentionally as they were getting too many enquiries. Sods.

Pure incompetence! Why don't they just put up a blanket message? All that's gonna happen is masses of ppl are going to spend money unnecessarily phoning their local Jobcentre instead.

dmg24

Pagg wrote: »

To those who've not received the cold weather payment, you gotta chill out.

I think that is the problem, some people on meters need the money to get any heat. Whilst I am sure your comment was intended to be amusing, for some it is quite a desperate situation.

geoff11, your forecast was wrong - we weren't due any snow and now we are swamped!