Cold Weather Payments

hillflower

Hello, just wondering if you get winter weather payment if you are on widows pension? Thanks for any answers

murtle1981

hi. I'd go on Department for Work and pensions website and chase that up as theres lots of info on there regarding who qualifies for winter fuel payments. It just depends on your age, other benefits you get etc but its well worth having a look. If your local council have a Welfare Rights section, it may be worth ringing them as they will know alot about that.

richard9991

hillflower wrote: »

Hello, just wondering if you get winter weather payment if you are on widows pension? Thanks for any answers

no you dont its a contribution benefit

hillflower

Thanks very much ,all this is new to me and im so confused xx

murtle1981

benefits and pensions can be confusing at times but youre not alone.

FleurDuLys

Hi, sorry if this question has already been asked/answered by someone else. Is it possible to be classed as getting ESA that's both Contributions based and Income Related? The letter that was sent to me when I was put into the WRAG was unclear about this - it said something like "you are getting this amount based on your NI contributions and because of the level of your income" or something like that. I definitely get ESA(C) as I had paid tax for many years prior to claiming, but I had no savings left by the time I claimed so my income is zero and I'm quite scarily broke (ie overdrawn!) now.

If I am classed as getting a combination of both types of ESA, might I get cold weather payments? They'd help a lot right now, but if not, fair enough.

Thank you!

grilli

FleurDuLys wrote: »

Hi, sorry if this question has already been asked/answered by someone else. Is it possible to be classed as getting ESA that's both Contributions based and Income Related? The letter that was sent to me when I was put into the WRAG was unclear about this - it said something like "you are getting this amount based on your NI contributions and because of the level of your income" or something like that. I definitely get ESA(C) as I had paid tax for many years prior to claiming, but I had no savings left by the time I claimed so my income is zero and I'm quite scarily broke (ie overdrawn!) now.

If I am classed as getting a combination of both types of ESA, might I get cold weather payments? They'd help a lot right now, but if not, fair enough.

Thank you!

you can get a mixture of both yes. if its been 0 degrees or below for 7 days in a row since you were awarded the benefit youll get a payment

FleurDuLys

Gosh, that's a nice surprise. Thanks Grilli!

moggies

murtle1981 wrote: »

for dx2. prepayment meters are pretty harsh but like you say, some people dont have a choice. i try to use my gas and elec as economically as i can but it doesnt always work as im sure the companies just charge what they want! I did a test the other week...put my heating on for an hour and it cost me 38p. Did the same thing a few days later when weather had got a lot colder and it cost me 67p for the hour! My provider was meant to be sending me an application form to fill in to have me put on a lower tariff due to me being on benefits, still havent got it and that was weeks and weeks ago.

Hi could I please ask who is your provider?I have never come across a provider who puts you on a lower tariff due to benefits,I was not aware of this,thank you for mentioning this,also what benefits do you need to be on?

moggies

Hi could anyone help with how many cold weather triggers have happened in LS287HZ,I looked on the gov site but its only showing one trigger so far,and I know its been so much colder in Leeds and much much more snow for much longer,as have the rest of other poor souls in other areas of the country than we have had down here in MK ,but we are showing as two cwp and Leeds one cwp,is that correct?

Thanks for any replies.