Pensioner Cost of Living Payment of £300

whizzywoo

squirrelpie said:

Looking at https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/how-much-youll-get it seems that if there are three pensioners living in a household then that household will get more than the £500 or £600 to which they should be entitled (somewhere between £750 and £900, depending on ages, I think). Is that correct or is the winter fuel payment somehow limited to just two pensioners in a household?

I don't care either way, either for myself since there's just the two of us or for any other households where there are three or more pensioners. I'm just interested to know.

That crossed my mind too.  It's quite possible that more than 2 pensioners could be living in the same household.  Siblings, pension age children or just friends. 

For example you could have a married couple who have the sibling of one of them living with them.  All in their eighties.  What normally happens to the Winter fuel allowance?  Is it £100 each ?

p00hsticks

whizzywoo said:

squirrelpie said:

Looking at https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/how-much-youll-get it seems that if there are three pensioners living in a household then that household will get more than the £500 or £600 to which they should be entitled (somewhere between £750 and £900, depending on ages, I think). Is that correct or is the winter fuel payment somehow limited to just two pensioners in a household?

I don't care either way, either for myself since there's just the two of us or for any other households where there are three or more pensioners. I'm just interested to know.

That crossed my mind too.  It's quite possible that more than 2 pensioners could be living in the same household.  Siblings, pension age children or just friends. 

For example you could have a married couple who have the sibling of one of them living with them.  All in their eighties.  What normally happens to the Winter fuel allowance?  Is it £100 each ?

I think it would be quite an unusual circumstance, but I suspect that they'd all get the shared rate, the same as if they were living in a care home.

pafpcg

p00hsticks said:

whizzywoo said:

squirrelpie said:

Looking at https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/how-much-youll-get it seems that if there are three pensioners living in a household then that household will get more than the £500 or £600 to which they should be entitled (somewhere between £750 and £900, depending on ages, I think). Is that correct or is the winter fuel payment somehow limited to just two pensioners in a household?

I don't care either way, either for myself since there's just the two of us or for any other households where there are three or more pensioners. I'm just interested to know.

That crossed my mind too.  It's quite possible that more than 2 pensioners could be living in the same household.  Siblings, pension age children or just friends. 

For example you could have a married couple who have the sibling of one of them living with them.  All in their eighties.  What normally happens to the Winter fuel allowance?  Is it £100 each ?

I think it would be quite an unusual circumstance, but I suspect that they'd all get the shared rate, the same as if they were living in a care home.

Not so unusual!  Think of all the pensioner couples who have a parent living with them?

Nebulous2

p00hsticks said:

whizzywoo said:

squirrelpie said:

Looking at https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/how-much-youll-get it seems that if there are three pensioners living in a household then that household will get more than the £500 or £600 to which they should be entitled (somewhere between £750 and £900, depending on ages, I think). Is that correct or is the winter fuel payment somehow limited to just two pensioners in a household?

I don't care either way, either for myself since there's just the two of us or for any other households where there are three or more pensioners. I'm just interested to know.

That crossed my mind too.  It's quite possible that more than 2 pensioners could be living in the same household.  Siblings, pension age children or just friends. 

For example you could have a married couple who have the sibling of one of them living with them.  All in their eighties.  What normally happens to the Winter fuel allowance?  Is it £100 each ?

I think it would be quite an unusual circumstance, but I suspect that they'd all get the shared rate, the same as if they were living in a care home.

There are lots of unconventional and uncommon living circumstances out there. I've come across more than one instance of a man caring for a wife with dementia, who moved a new partner into the house at the same time.