Winter fuel payments

Marjrie

My husband is 88 and I am 68, can anyone tell me if we both get winter fuel payment or is it one payment per household please? 

I’ve looked on the gov.uk website, and seen the amounts, I think he should get £350 and me £250, but then I read something about per household.

Spoonie_Turtle

Those amounts sound right.  You each get a payment, and the extra £300 this year was per household (so you'd have got £100 and your husband £200 without the extra support this year).

molerat

It is the usual sound bite press reporting "Up to £600 per household" which refers to a 2 person household where at least one member is 80+.  There can of course be more than 2 qualifying people in a household so the total payments to that household could be £900+

Spoonie_Turtle

OP specified they looked on the gov.uk site, which does give amounts per person  https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/how-much-youll-get

Marjrie

Thank you for the replies, will look out for our letters 

badmemory

I got my letter yesterday so hopefully you shouldn't have long to wait.