Cold Weather Payments

col

DL1 is my postcode not sure which station applies in that report. ESA period is 6/12 - 11/13

Thanks Robbie64

Robbie64

col wrote: »

DL1 is my postcode not sure which station applies in that report. ESA period is 6/12 - 11/13

Thanks Robbie64

It's Linton-on-Ouse. According to the CWP annual statistics there was 1 trigger for Linton-on-Ouse in the entire winter of 2012/13. It will most likely have been one of the two weeks ending 23 or 30 January 2013. I live in an area covered by a weather station just up the north east coast from you, we had two triggers for a CWP and those were the two weeks when we had triggers at Albemarle weather station, which is just north of Newcastle.

rich_shot2003

With the way the weather has been this winter maybe this year will be the 1st year they dont pay any out.

nannytone_2

theres another 10 weeks of winter left yet

GirlFromMars_2

col wrote: »

Any way to find out historical records for a postcode?

Won ESA appeal and nothing in back payments covering winter 12/13.

Thanks

... I don't believe cold weather payments can be backdated? ... or am I wrong?

... I recently won an ESA appeal moving me from WRAG into the Support Group and although I received a backdated payment for the IR Enhanced Disability Premium I didn't think the Cold Weather Payments could be backdated? ... from the list looks like there was only one trigger in my area over the time period!

nannytone_2

if you get income related ESA then you get the cold weather payment in both the WRAG and support groups anyway so you wouldnt have any owed

GirlFromMars_2

nannytone wrote: »

if you get income related ESA then you get the cold weather payment in both the WRAG and support groups anyway so you wouldnt have any owed

... I was moved from IB with a transitional top up into the WRAG and I never claimed for IR-WRAG-ESA as there was no extra money (and I didn't really understand it) ...

... nearly a year on, when I won my tribunal and was moved to the Support Group I was allowed to claim the IR top up Enhanced Disability Premium backdated for the previous year ...

... so although I have claimed IR Benefits backdated for the previous year I wasn't actually claiming IR benefits at the time of the cold weather payment ...

... so would the cold weather payment have been included in my backdated payment? ... can I claim it now? ... I'm assuming I was never paid it, and can't claim it now! ... and it would be a further complication ... and having checked the list it looks like there was only 1 trigger in my area, although as I recall last year seemed much colder than that!

... but it'd be interesting to know what the position is! Thanks!

nannytone_2

it may have been included, but i doubt it.
i dont see any reason why you shouldnt ask about it now though.
the fact that the IR benefit was backdated dhoulf ,ake you eligable.
give them a call and ask, youve nothing to lose

GirlFromMars_2

nannytone wrote: »

it may have been included, but i doubt it.
i dont see any reason why you shouldnt ask about it now though.
the fact that the IR benefit was backdated dhoulf ,ake you eligable.
give them a call and ask, youve nothing to lose

... I guess it won't hurt to ask! ... I think I need to phone them next week any way about a change in circumstances, so I'll try to remember to add this to my list of things I need to ask about! ... it'd be useful information to know for people in the future at any rate! Thanks!

Robbie64

rich_shot2003 wrote: »

With the way the weather has been this winter maybe this year will be the 1st year they dont pay any out.

There's only been 1 trigger anywhere in Britain so far this winter, that was at Braemar weather station in Aberdeenshire, with a total of 1,100 people entitled to a CWP.

Last winter (2012/13) there were 10 payments made in total in the area covered by Braemar, it just shows how mild this winter has been.