New housing benefit claim 17 November 2022 at 5:28PM in Benefits & tax credits 5 replies 152 views

luvchocolate

First may I thank you all for information on this board 
Today I heard I've been approved for housing Benefit and a small amount of council tax...also back dated 3 months. Which I'm very grateful for. 
I've been reading threads on warm house Benefit. 
I rang my energy supplier Shell and he said yes I'm eligible and DWP would inform them. 
This is where I'm confused as housing benefit is from local council. 
Please can anyone explain it to me, I'm 70 years old if that's relevant, 
Thank you 

NedS

The way the Warm Home Discount scheme works has changed this year. It is no longer something you need to apply for - if you are eligible you should just automatically receive a credit of £150 in your energy suppliers (Shell) account.

As you are a pensioner, you may have qualified under Core Group 1 criteria.

luvchocolate

NedS said:

The way the Warm Home Discount scheme works has changed this year. It is no longer something you need to apply for - if you are eligible you should just automatically receive a credit of £150 in your energy suppliers (Shell) account.

As you are a pensioner, you may have qualified under Core Group 1 criteria.

Thank you the part that confused me was when the Shell customer advisor said the DWP would inform them.

NedS

luvchocolate said:

NedS said:

The way the Warm Home Discount scheme works has changed this year. It is no longer something you need to apply for - if you are eligible you should just automatically receive a credit of £150 in your energy suppliers (Shell) account.

As you are a pensioner, you may have qualified under Core Group 1 criteria.

Thank you the part that confused me was when the Shell customer advisor said the DWP would inform them.

The Government are currently sending out letters, although it is not clear what department are responsible for that. Anyway, the take home message is that it should be an automatic process and you do not need to apply for anything.

poppy12345

If you claim pension Credit then you will automatically be entitled to it. If you don't, if you live in England you don't need to apply. If you live in Scotland the rules haven't changed and you will need to apply. https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme

luvchocolate

poppy12345 said:

If you claim pension Credit then you will automatically be entitled to it. If you don't, if you live in England you don't need to apply. If you live in Scotland the rules haven't changed and you will need to apply. https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme

Thank you 
No pension credit..just housing benefit and a little bit of council tax help. In England