Cold weather payments: quickly check if you're entitled

raywhu1980

Hi

I am on DLA and ESA income but I did not get any cold weather payment, should I have done.

nannytone_2

it all depends where you live. the temperature has to be freezing for 7 consecutive days. i live in N E Dervyshire and I had 2 cold weather payments, qhilw my friend in london didnt receive any.

Rock_Bottom

nannytone wrote: »

it all depends where you live. the temperature has to be freezing for 7 consecutive days. i live in N E Dervyshire and I had 2 cold weather payments, qhilw my friend in london didnt receive any.

Depends on where the weather station is for your area, the weather station for my area is further south than me, not much, but it can be freezing where I live but not freezing where the weather station is.

welshee

here is the eligibility

https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment/eligibility

postcode checker

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

this as been posted earlier in the thread just moving it up save repetition of questions.

tanyamumof3

trigger here for NG6

JillyJolly_2

I am on ESA Income Related Main Component Support Group, but have not got any cold weather payments last year winter or this year so far.

I'm not fussed about it, but I seem to be entitled for it so just wondering why I have not? (Post code NG15)

JDPower

JillyJolly wrote: »

I am on ESA Income Related Main Component Support Group, but have not got any cold weather payments last year winter or this year so far.

I'm not fussed about it, but I seem to be entitled for it so just wondering why I have not? (Post code NG15)

From the first post:

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

andyb190

Not had any cold-weather payments so far this year 2013 (except the yearly payment) received before Xmas 2012

ebsay

I wouldn't put it passed the Tories to be deliberately delaying them, with the hope killing off some more poor, sick and disabled people!

They don't care about removing benefit from people who have wrongly been found fit for work.

You have to wait months and months to get your appeal heard, and now people are having their DLA gets removed when they fail the ATOS test!

JDPower

andyb190 wrote: »

Not had any cold-weather payments so far this year 2013 (except the yearly payment) received before Xmas 2012

I'm due one and not had it yet either.