Winter Fuel Allowance

kelpie35

Can anyone please advise me if the Winter Fuel Allowance has been reduced this year.

I have just received a letter stating I will be getting £100.

I got £200 last year.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Depends on, tax-free :

Born between 24 September 1938 and 5 November 1953 you qualify and live with someone 80 or over who also qualifies. You get extra if born on or before 23 September 1938.

Hope this helps.

Rich2808

The rules are here - are you now living with someone also eligible? I cannot see how you would get less money unless your circumstances/living arrangements had changed?

Couples under 80 each get 50% of the sum single pensioners receive.

https://www.theukrules.co.uk/rules/employment/benefits/heating/winter-fuel-payment.html

kelpie35

I am almost 70 well I will be in March next year.

I live alone and am in receipt of a state pension.

McKneff

There is obviously a mistake,
Ring them on Monday and ask.

It has not been reduced or changed in anyway.
if your circumstances are the same, you should have got a letter saying £200/

Does it say anything like
There is someone else in the same house who is entitled to the same amouint.

Anthorn

Circumstance Born between 24 September 1938 and 5 November 1953 Born on or before 23 September 1938
You qualify and live alone (or none of the people you live with qualify) £200 £300
You qualify and live with someone under 80 who also qualifies £100 £200
You qualify and live with someone 80 or over who also qualifies £100 £150
You qualify, live in a care home and do not get certain benefits £100 £150

https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/what-youll-get

kelpie35

McKneff wrote: »

There is obviously a mistake,
Ring them on Monday and ask.

It has not been reduced or changed in anyway.
if your circumstances are the same, you should have got a letter saying £200/

Does it say anything like
There is someone else in the same house who is entitled to the same amouint.

thank you for your reply.

the letter does say it is a shared rate but I have lived alone for the past 4 years.

I will phone them up on Monday to query this.

thanks again for your help everyone.

System

kelpie35 wrote: »

thank you for your reply.

the letter does say it is a shared rate but I have lived alone for the past 4 years.

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Did you advise them of a change in circumstances?

kelpie35

I think i have discovered what the problem is so thank you everyone for your time and effort to help me.

I will phone the DWP on Monday to get this sorted.

badmemory

If you have started to use a POA for someone & had the address changed they may have assumed they are living with you & not where you told them they were living. My mother was only entitled to £150 as she was in a care home & mine should have been £200. The first year I got £100 & she got £200. I just rang them & they could see straight away what had gone wrong. They very quickly sent me the other £100 & because it was their mistake didn't want my mother's £50 back.

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Received my £200 quid today on 20 th Nov.
Like last year I l be trotting down to Sainsburys and stocking up on their best Scotch Whisky discounts..Today its Bells at only £15 a litre..Not bad for the best blended Scotch in the UK..Waste your money on over expensive posey single malt overpriced stuff if you want but Bells take some beating..
Sainsburys have taken over as the cheapest source of discounted Whisky in the UK