Cold weather payments in northern ireland?

Legacy_user

Has anyone received anything yet? There is a website where you can enter your postcode to see if your entitled, but it doesn't work with Northern Ireland, and according to Nolan this morning the Social security agency know nothing about it.

Golden_Anemone

Many years ago I worked for the SSA and these were issued automatically except for a small number of cases that couldn't be calculated on the computer system because of faults.

They are targetted towards the most vulerable households - there must be a child under 5, a disabled person or someone over 60 in the house and there's a means test as well - whatever the current equivalent is for Income Support, MIG or income based JSA.

To be fair this is why the staff in the Social Security offices won't know anything yet. They'll have been issued with instructions about this at some stage today from Network Support Branch in Belfast via their district HQ. DSD are very quick to tell the public they are issuing these but the staff are likely to hear about it on the news like everyone else at first. If you qualify and haven't received anything by Thursday I'd ring your local office to enquire.

HTH

System

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

Many years ago I worked for the SSA and these were issued automatically except for a small number of cases that couldn't be calculated on the computer system because of faults.

They are targetted towards the most vulerable households - there must be a child under 5, a disabled person or someone over 60 in the house and there's a means test as well - whatever the current equivalent is for Income Support, MIG or income based JSA.

To be fair this is why the staff in the Social Security offices won't know anything yet. They'll have been issued with instructions about this at some stage today from Network Support Branch in Belfast via their district HQ. DSD are very quick to tell the public they are issuing these but the staff are likely to hear about it on the news like everyone else at first. If you qualify and haven't received anything by Thursday I'd ring your local office to enquire.

HTH

Well I apparently am not entitled or they don' know what they are talking about, I have 2 kids under 5, but you have o be on benefits apparently.

donnac2558

There is another thread on here Nolan This Morning is the title.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2172339

Yes you have to be receiving a qualifing benefit to receive it.
I was told by IS than they will be in on the 6th.

Cherryscone

well the 6th is tomorrow i have a child under 5 so we will see
we should get £75 now

Cherryscone

£50 CWP in my account today

donnac2558

WOW!!!! Brilliant news Madman.

I have to go to the post office and check my post office account. But I am expecting £25, which is better than nothing.

renegade

I have received £25 so far and a letter from CWP dept telling me I will get £25 per week if the temp is Freezing or below Freezing. What I want to know is , is this regional based or is it across the board for the over 60's?

donnac2558

I also got the £50!!!!! I was expecting £25 as I said.

adamsmum

I got the fifty too....thank goodness cause heats been on non stop my wee boy has a chest infection and is off school

Cherryscone

renegade wrote: »

I have received £25 so far and a letter from CWP dept telling me I will get £25 per week if the temp is Freezing or below Freezing. What I want to know is , is this regional based or is it across the board for the over 60's?

i think this thread applys just to northern ireland