Cold Weather Payments

mrsmetropolis

First trigger for Manchester area.
The Department for Work and Pensions has been notified that there have been 1 periods of very cold weather in the M38 postcode area between 1 November 2012 and the current date 15 January 2013.
If you qualify for payment and live in this postcode area you are due to receive 1 Cold Weather Payment (s).

Rooflesslady

Elderly parents moving in with me.
Does anyone know if they will still get winter fuel allownece if they move in with me? Would the gas bill need to be in their name rather than mine. Also would moving in with family affect there pension credit? Any advice much appreciated thanks

richard9991

Rooflesslady wrote: »

Elderly parents moving in with me.
Does anyone know if they will still get winter fuel allownece if they move in with me? Would the gas bill need to be in their name rather than mine. Also would moving in with family affect there pension credit? Any advice much appreciated thanks

winter fuel payment has already been paid this year but wont be affected all pensioners get it regardless of were they live or income

richmond78

can the person who says i hope that its cold from oct - march because they want a £425 payment just get a life or rather a job because its this sort of attitude that makes peoples opinion of people on benefit be that of scroungers im on benefits yes a cold weather payment would be nice but no i wouldnt be wishing for one

geriann

i noticed 1 payment was triggered for my postcode on Monday...when will it go into my account?

miduck

geriann wrote: »

i noticed 1 payment was triggered for my postcode on Monday...when will it go into my account?

You'll receive a letter in the post that will tell you when it has been processed - it doesn't normally take too long, within two weeks.

Juzza12

Has the trigger for the payment changed?

First post in the thread in 2010 said if the temp drops to 0 or below for 7 days but the gov.uk page has:

"Payments will be made when your local temperature is either recorded as, or forecast to be, an average of zero degrees Celsius or below over 7 consecutive days."

We've had up to 4c during day and at the lowest -2c but I think there's been a couple of days where the lowest has been 0c. This would leave us above 0c as an average temp.

Partner is freezing though, has heart problems so bad circulation and really feels the cold. Our electric bill was £105 last month, Sept and Oct combined were only £108.

mrsmetropolis

Just a reminder of the website where you can check if you're due to receive a cold weather payment.

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

[Deleted User]

Not complaining ( yes I am! lol ) but even here in London it has been freezing & I thought surely this week of freezing temps have triggered a cwp as am finding it hard to afford to keep warm , but no , nothing triggered but it still feels freezing to me & have to keep my heater up to a level I won't be able to afford soon even though I am wrapped up warm myself...

Hot food / soup / tea helps for a little while till it wears off & even with the heating on my hands are as cold as ice :(

So a cwp would have meant less worry for the weeks ahead!

( Lower fuel prices would mean less worry for the WHOLE of winter mind you ) :cool:

lukieboy96

TN4 0DS 1 trigger