Cold weather payments: quickly check if you're entitled

katiesobol

I received a Cold Weather Payment and wanted to find out more and discovered the postcode checker on Directgov website and to my surprise I found out I should have received 3. I really don't know what happened to the first two!?!

di3004

katiesobol wrote: »

I received a Cold Weather Payment and wanted to find out more and discovered the postcode checker on Directgov website and to my surprise I found out I should have received 3. I really don't know what happened to the first two!?!

Hello there
This is probably the first of the three payments owed.
Glad you received it though and others should follow on into your account in due course.

Some of us are still also waiting for the first payment which kicked off as from November 09, for instance we are owed 4 and still waiting, been confirmed it should be in the account by Monday the latest, fingers crossed.

Keep an eye on your account for the others.;)

bendywendy45

I am 64 on state pension, have severe breathing difficulties, claim DLA, Attendance allow. and carers allowance. Live with my husband whose is on long term sickness am I eligible Cold weather payment?:money:

xstitchcrazee

Well after hours of searching for info about this CWP I have come to the conclusion I wasted my time applying for WFTC because I work instead of Pension Credit as my husband is over 60 and has retired due to ill health. We would have had the same amount of money regardless of which we applied for, but now we would also have received 3 CWP (an added bonus) if we had had gone down the Pension Credit route - go figure!!!

Princess_Coupon

My postcode says 4 periods, I have received 1, letter said it was for 18-25 Dec, so according to my calculations:

1st (received) 18-25 Dec
2nd (Awaiting) 26-1st Jan
3rd (Awaiting) 2-8th Jan
4th ?

This means I should have had one for before 18-25th Dec (to fit 4 in) that hasn't been paid, I have rang the JCplus twice to be told if you've had one the rest will follow, they can't grasp the fact that the 1st one must be missing.

geoff11

bendywendy45 wrote: »

I am 64 on state pension, have severe breathing difficulties, claim DLA, Attendance allow. and carers allowance. Live with my husband whose is on long term sickness am I eligible Cold weather payment?:money:

qualifying benefits.
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.

richard9991

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

My postcode says 4 periods, I have received 1, letter said it was for 18-25 Dec, so according to my calculations:

1st (received) 18-25 Dec
2nd (Awaiting) 26-1st Jan
3rd (Awaiting) 2-8th Jan
4th ?

This means I should have had one for before 18-25th Dec (to fit 4 in) that hasn't been paid, I have rang the JCplus twice to be told if you've had one the rest will follow, they can't grasp the fact that the 1st one must be missing.

they are paid 7 days after severe weather i dont think any were triggered prior to the 18/12/09 but i may be wrong.

geoff11

earliest one ive heard of is the 18th dec too.

xXxSammi88xXx

Think we qualify for this,checked the postcode thing and 2 payments due.Hubby gets income based jsa and we have a 3 year old so hubby phoned local job center and they said the payments just go in randomly so couldn't say when we'd get them.

di3004

richard9991 wrote: »

they are paid 7 days after severe weather i dont think any were triggered prior to the 18/12/09 but i may be wrong.

Hi there

unless I got this wrong, but with me its as from the 1 November 09 as below.;)

The Met Office have notified the Department for Work and Pensions that 4 periods of very cold weather have occurred in the NP44 postcode area between 1 November 2009 and 8 January 2010, triggering Cold Weather Payments.
If you have qualified for Cold Weather Payments since 1 November 2009 and live in this postcode area, you are due to receive 4 Cold Weather Payments