Cold weather payments: quickly check if you're entitled

geoff11

Who is eligible?

You may be eligible for a Cold Weather Payment for each week of very cold weather in your area if you get Pension Credit or income-related Employment and Support Allowance with a support or work related activity component in the main phase.

• Employment and Support Allowance - introduction

• Pension Credit

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

geoff11

geoff11 wrote: »

use this to see if a cwp was triggered for your area then read the qualifying benefits below.

http://pensions.direct.gov.uk/en/cold-weather-payment/home.asp

MrLeeLee

geoff11 wrote: »

sorry lee you dont qualify.

Thanks for this Geoff

geoff11

MrLeeLee wrote: »

Thanks for this Geoff

your welcome, sorry i couldnt say you were.

geoff11

dont suppose if anyone knows if there was any further triggers for ts23 after the 4th jan by any chance?

MrLeeLee

That's fine, I was expecting that anyway because it says it's normally paid in automatically to people who qualify

maggie_coats

I receive dla and incapacity benefits and the search on my postcode says i ams entitled to 1 payment which i have not had who do i contact to find why

geoff11

maggie, it isnt paid on dla unless you get a disability premium its not paid for i/b, the postcode checker doesnt show whos entitled, it just shows what areas qualify for the cwp payment.

simmo1971

geoff11 wrote: »

use this to see if a cwp was triggered for your area then read the qualifying benefits below.

Hi geoff the cwp was triggered for our area reading the information on who is eligible am i right in thinking that we are eligible because my son is disabled ???? my wif rang the job centre they wr not very helpful infact very rude to her , they told her that we wernt eligible because she doesnt claim any benefits for her self , which is silly really because she cant claim job seekers or income support because how can she claim job seekers this makes her activly seeking work but she can not work because my son needs her ??????? thnks geoff

geoff11

simmo1971 wrote: »

Hi geoff the cwp was triggered for our area reading the information on who is eligible am i right in thinking that we are eligible because my son is disabled ???? my wif rang the job centre they wr not very helpful infact very rude to her , they told her that we wernt eligible because she doesnt claim any benefits for her self , which is silly really because she cant claim job seekers or income support because how can she claim job seekers this makes her activly seeking work but she can not work because my son needs her ??????? thnks geoff

you need to be in recipet of other benefits as well as what you get for your disabled child im afraid, look on the last page i have posted the qualifying benefits that apply, hope that helps you a bit.