Cold weather payments: quickly check if you're entitled

bigalheat

I've just checked my postcode it says i am entitiled to 3 payments but have not received anything yet as i have 2 under 5 year old and my girlfriend is on DLA

Hailz86

I should have 2 payments but have not heard a thing fron the government, what do I do?

stargazer59

Yay! Finally had a trigger down here in snowy southwest! As im housebound since 15 Dec after hip operation this will help pay the bills!:j

Robbie64

tad16 wrote: »

Does anyone know the logic behind the policy of paying out CWP to people who receive income related ESA, rather than contribution related ESA. Seems if you work all your life and paid all the necessary contributions you get very little help when your health fails!

CWPs are the modern equivalent of one off payments made in extremely cold weather that go back to the 1940s and payments have always been restricted to certain groups of people receiving the main national means tested benefit. In the 1940s this was National Assistance, later replaced by Supplementary Benefit and then from 1987 Cold Weather Payments became a Social Fund payment limited to certain groups of people in receipt of initially Supplementary Benefit then from 1988 Income Support. The income related schemes for ESA and JSA replaced payments made under Income Support for the sick and unemployed, therefore this is the reason for their inclusion in the CWP scheme. Contributory ESA and JSA and their earlier equivalents are non means tested benefits and therefore have never fallen under the CWP (and earlier equivalents) scheme.

dmg24

For those who think they should have payments but have not received them, could you let us know all benefits that you receive please, then we can tell you if you definitely qualify.

guntjo

registered unemployed getting jobseekers allowance,in np4 area for cold weather payments should have got 4 payments,got none phoned emailed jobseekers each time told dont know of payments nothing on their system their staff are u/s still trying to get payments ,now no answers to my emails there must be a government dept to make them release these payments

purple_one

I was told yesterday I am entitled to one week of a cold weather payment. They said it will be in my account by the end of this week but law and behold nothing has gone in

nafanya

Does the person on the long term incapacity benefit entitled to cold weather payment (postcode is on the list)? Thank you.

nafanya

People, please stop littering the forum just to say you've got something! Glad for you, but it is very hard to find any useful information.
ASKING AGAIN, SORRY: Long term incapsity benefit - yes or no?

SingleSue

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

See full details on Direct Gov.

Do you fit that criteria nafanya? Do you receive any of those and the qualifying benefit e.g. child under 5 etc?