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P-J-D_2

mardatha wrote: »

I find the best way is to not think of it and just cross yur fingers that one day you might get a nice surprize !

Some of us NEED the money or we go cold.

dmg24

P-J-D wrote: »

Some of us NEED the money or we go cold.

If you are having problems paying your utility bills you should contact your supplier and make a payment arrangement. The CWP is not guaranteed to be paid on a certain date, and therefore should not be relied on to make immediate bill payments.

LadyMorticia

Thanks hun.

looney_ki

Hi all,

New to this so bare with me lol

Ive just been reading over everyones comments and it seems some people think you wont get a cold weather payment if there is 6 days at -6 then 1 day at 1 degree. but on the website it says its based on the "average mean" temperature over 7 consecutive days.. so to me that means if its -6 for 6 days and 1 for one day you should still get your payment, as the average temp over the 7 days would still be below o degrees

Maybe thats not correct but thats how i interpreted it to be.. may be a good idea to check with local jobcenter to be sure.

P-J-D_2

dmg24 wrote: »

If you are having problems paying your utility bills you should contact your supplier and make a payment arrangement.

No such option exists for those of us who use a pay as you go meter!

P-J-D_2

looney_ki wrote: »

Hi all,

New to this so bare with me lol

Ive just been reading over everyones comments and it seems some people think you wont get a cold weather payment if there is 6 days at -6 then 1 day at 1 degree. but on the website it says its based on the "average mean" temperature over 7 consecutive days.. so to me that means if its -6 for 6 days and 1 for one day you should still get your payment, as the average temp over the 7 days would still be below o degrees

Maybe thats not correct but thats how i interpreted it to be.. may be a good idea to check with local jobcenter to be sure.

This is what they say on the website :

"This year you will get £25 when the average temperature where you live is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days during the period from 1 November to 31 March."

Hmmm.. I was inclined to think it's an average temperature of <0, seven days in a row. You could be right.

anguk

mardatha wrote: »

It's been down to minus 7 here and we still have 6" snow lying frozen but we dont get one because the weather station is 800ft lower down than I am !

I have the same problem. We live high up and it's freezing up here. My friend lives 8 miles away but lower than us and we're both covered by the same weather station, on Saturday we travelled down to see her and it was 3 degrees warmer where she lives!

jamespir

its an absolute con since last wednesday its been minus except saturday where it was 1 so we get nowt

Saetana

mardatha wrote: »

IT has to be below zero for the whole week! 7 days. If it drops below it for half an hour on day 6 then you've had it !

This is not correct, as I understand it the AVERAGE temperature for the 7 consecutive day period must be 0 which means that it can rise above 0 so long as the average temperature (for example, temperature each hour divided by number of hours in the week - not to say that is exactly how it is worked out) is 0 or below.

:snow_laug

summerof0763

ph1 cwp in bank today woo hoo an extra bag of coal for me and some more electric,mighty glad as was wodering how was going to ration my coal over christmas!!