Winter fuel allowance/warm home discount 29 October 2020 at 6:37PM in Over 50s MoneySaving 2 replies 232 views

Britannia12345

I can't work out what my parents could claim for. They're in their 80's and are eligible for the winter fuel allowance because they get pension credit, but can they claim the warm home discount as well, or it it one or the other?

anniecave

They are completely different things.
https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment
https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme
Depending on what benefits they are on, they either may or will need to claim for either or both. 

whizzywoo

Britannia12345 said:

I can't work out what my parents could claim for. They're in their 80's and are eligible for the winter fuel allowance because they get pension credit, but can they claim the warm home discount as well, or it it one or the other?

If they receive Pension Credit Guarantee then they should receive the Warm Home Discount of £140 automatically, as long as their energy supplier has joined the Government Scheme.  The name of the person actually claiming the Pension Credit Guarantee needs to be on the energy account.