Cold weather payments: quickly check if you're entitled

dde_3

dmg24 wrote: »

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.

hi my 19 year old daughter lives at home with us (mum and dad) we are on incapacity and dla so we dont qualify but my daughter is on esp in her own right she goes on the work focus interviews is she entitled to the cwp

oldestrocker

hsf18uk wrote: »

Seems again that it's tough luck to those who have less income coming in and now have to pay out £70 per week to try and be warm.QUOTE]

Good grief where do you live? £70pw just to keep warm!!!
Surely it would be a lot cheaper to put some extra layers of clothing on and wrap yourself in the quilt!!

That's the equivalent of £3650pa just for heating costs, never mind anything else!

DX2

oldestrocker wrote: »

Surely it would be a lot cheaper to put some extra layers of clothing on and wrap yourself in the quilt!!

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?285920-Cold-Weather-Payments-and-wrong-benefit&p=3215929&highlight=#post3215929
What I want to know is if you stop claiming a contribution Based benefit to get a means tested benefit ESA - Pension Credit would I get the Cold weather payment?
If so, then that is a little unfair as the loss of the contribution Benefit would be made up more or less the same amount of Pension Credit + with Pension Credit we would not pay any rates. At the moment we are paying £1500pa rates and have a weekily income of £203.85 which includes Contribution Based ESA. Pension Credit if I stopped the ESA would give us £202.40 - £1.45pw less but over £28pw better off not having to pay the rates.

Just because I claim ESA means that we don't get the cold weather payment.

Wrap yourself up in your quilt love.

spitfiremk2

Hi, I have received 2 CWP for 8 December and 15 December. I have not received the ones for November. How do I get them please.
Thank you........John

JDPower

spitfiremk2 wrote: »

Hi, I have received 2 CWP for 8 December and 15 December. I have not received the ones for November. How do I get them please.
Thank you........John

Do you know if you have any to come for November? (If you are assuming this because the checker site says "payments since November 1st", that is just the date from which cold weather payments can be made IF the weather is cold enough, it is NOT necessarily when you will have payments from, it gives that start date for everyone.)

krystelle

why is it that people who live in the surrounding areas have recieved two cold weather payments but yet ive still not recieved one and im a single parent of 4 kids... what the hell is going on :O

dizzybee

I agree with Murphy 1315 it would seem that if you are out of work you get all the help.
i,m a single parent working i get tax credits,i also have a daughter with special needs,who feels the cold more than others ,so when the weathers like this my gas bill rockets.
its time the government treated every one the same.

richard9991

krystelle wrote: »

why is it that people who live in the surrounding areas have recieved two cold weather payments but yet ive still not recieved one and im a single parent of 4 kids... what the hell is going on :O

do you get income support with a child under 5 or get a disability premium

only_mee

dizzybee wrote: »

I agree with Murphy 1315 it would seem that if you are out of work you get all the help.

You are wrong if you get IB you don't get this payment so not everyone not working gets it.

janninew

murphy1315 wrote: »

Why is it that people on benefits get all the help they want when its us the working that have to suffer struggling paying rising electricity/gas bills during exactly the same circumstances???!
Its about time that the government done something about this!

Its a crazy system for sure! Somebody on min wage who probably gets less monthly income than some people on benefits will get no help!