Cold weather payments: quickly check if you're entitled

dc64

still dont know why basic jsa or basic incapacity benefit does nt apply?:mad:

DX2

Robbie64 wrote: »

I'd definitely be getting in touch with the DWP if that was the case as (assuming 3 or 4 CWP payments had been triggered) the first CWP will have been triggered just before or at Christmas and even allowing for Bank Holidays should have been in your bank / post office account by about the new year. In fact the second payment should be arriving in your account by now with a third on its way. Not many places have triggered 4 CWPs so I don't know what the trigger dates for those places are likely to be.

I have but they send me on a merry go round as CTC disability premium doesn't show on their system IS tell me to contact DLA then I had to contact Tax Credits did all this and each department tells me to go back to Income Support.

DX2

dc64 wrote: »

still dont know why basic jsa or basic incapacity benefit does nt apply?:mad:

IB is a non means tested benefit so in theory you can have a few grand in the bak whereas with IS every penny is income. Again with JSA you need to have a disability premium.

bucks17

I am showing as having 3 Cold Weather Payments owing but I haven't recieved anything. I qualify as being PE8 and having an Under 5???????

SingleSue

Do you also receive one of the qualifying benefits?

DX2

bucks17 wrote: »

I am showing as having 3 Cold Weather Payments owing but I haven't recieved anything. I qualify as being PE8 and having an Under 5???????

Does one get Income support or jobseekers allowance?

dc64

:rotfl:know what to do now unteach all i tought my son and have him have lots of kids under 5 then he d qualify

SingleSue

Only if he also had a qualifying benefit though dc64.

Robbie64

DX2 wrote: »

I have but they send me on a merry go round as CTC disability premium doesn't show on their system IS tell me to contact DLA then I had to contact Tax Credits did all this and each department tells me to go back to Income Support.

It is the responsibility of the local DWP Benefit Delivery Centre (BDC) to pay you a CWP and you shouldn't be getting sent from pillar to post like this. The problem is, most people in the local BDC don't seem to know who is responsible for it, nor often where the payments come from even if the BDC address does appear on the letter that is sent out when a payment is made.

As you shouldn't be having to phone DLA (who have nothing to do with the scheme) or Revenue and Customs (who administer CTC not CWPs!) then I can only suggest contacting the CAB or even your MP if you continue to get nowhere by phoning your local benefit office. There is an inherent flaw in the CWP scheme, namely seemingly identifying those people whose qualifying route to a CWP is through the inclusion of a disability or severe disability element in CTC. Prior to the introduction of CTC's and back when money for children was included in with IS a Child Disability Premium would have been paid with Income Support making identification of entitlement to a CWP very easy.

Alternatively, if you have correspondence from Revenue and Customs showing that the CTC includes the disability / severe disability element you could try putting a request for a CWP in writing and enclosing a copy of the CTC notification. You shouldn't have to though. The DWPs own guidance says that if you think you qualify for a CWP but haven't received one then you should tell your local benefit office and doesn't indicate that you should have to be doing the job of the BDC for them by phoning around for them:

How to apply

You don't need to apply; you'll get a Cold Weather Payment automatically as long as you qualify.
Tell your pension centre or Jobcentre Plus if you think you should have received a Cold Weather Payment but you have not had one.

(taken from the DirectGov link on page 1)

dc64

:T well done i just feel so deflated by the whole thing