Cold Weather Payment

[Kicking-Us-Off-ESA]

It's that time of year, you can check by postcode if your getting one here.

 

http://pensions.direct.gov.uk/en/cold-weather-payment/home.asp

 

 

Who can get Cold Weather Payments?

 

If you are in receipt of Pension Credit, Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), you may also be able to get Cold Weather Payments.

Pension Credit

 

If you are in receipt of Pension Credit, you will usually receive Cold Weather Payments.

Income Support and Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance

 

If you are in receipt of Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, you will usually receive Cold Weather Payments if you also have any of following:

 

• a disability or pensioner premium
  
• a child who is disabled
  
• Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
  
• a child under five living with you
  

Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

 

If you are in receipt of Income-related ESA, you will usually receive Cold Weather Payments if you also have any of the following:

 

• the support or work-related component of ESA
  
• a severe or enhanced disability premium
  
• a pensioner premium
  
• a child who is disabled
  
• Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
  
• a child under five living with you
  

 

• Pension Credit (pensions and retirement planning section)
  

 

• Income Support
  

 

• Jobseeker's Allowance
  

 

• Employment and Support Allowance (disabled people section)
  

 

Im getting 1 so far

 

[speedfreek]

Me too

[mkb]

Me too

 

Thanks btw, as I would have forgotten all about it.

[silverfox1961]

How's this for ridiculous. My daughter lives 5 miles from me but has an Ipswich postcode and I have a Norfolk post code. She gets one, I don't. I'm not complaining, just saying it is ridiculous

[Kicking-Us-Off-ESA]

How's this for ridiculous. My daughter lives 5 miles from me but has an Ipswich postcode and I have a Norfolk post code. She gets one, I don't. I'm not complaining, just saying it is ridiculous

 

Hi S.Fox.

 

I think you will get 1 or 2 methinks.

[joeblogs]

I was awarded Income Support from 3 Nov 2010, will I still be entitled to Cold Weather Payment? I qualify with regards to the criteria i.e. kids under 5, also shows one payment for my postcode area, but it says something about qualifying from 1st November. Will I miss out as my award started on 3 Nov?

[joeblogs]

Just a quick bump to see if anyone can answer my question. Thanks

[ErikaPNP]

Cold weather payments are only available between 1st November and 31st March. So long as the period of cold weather falls on a week where you are due benefit, you should be entitled to the payment.

[Werner M]

Cold weather payments are only available between 1st November and 31st March. So long as the period of cold weather falls on a week where you are due benefit, you should be entitled to the payment.

 

 

Hi,...I'm on longterm Incapacity Benefit ( 4 years) and I'm 63 now , will I get a coldweatherpayment ??I'm not on any other Benefit.

Thanks for your reply.

[Kicking-Us-Off-ESA]

Looks like im getting 2 payments now atleast it pays for this amount of gas im useing. lol.

Werner M as for you being over 60 you get the over 60 payment of 250.. see here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Pensionsandretirementplanning/Benefits/BenefitsInRetirement/DG_10018657

[ErikaPNP]

Hi,...I'm on longterm Incapacity Benefit ( 4 years) and I'm 63 now , will I get a coldweatherpayment ??I'm not on any other Benefit.

Thanks for your reply.

 

I'm afraid not 0 IB is not a qualifying benefit for the cold weather payment.

[Werner M]

I'm afraid not 0 IB is not a qualifying benefit for the cold weather payment.

 

 

Thank You for the info !!

Werner M.

[ErikaPNP]

Oh, hang on Werner - are you getting the cold weather payment mixed up with the Winter Fuel Payment?

 

You are of qualifying age for the WFP. So as long during the week of 20th to the 26th September this year, you were resident in Great Britain or Ireland and were not:

 

in hospital for more than 52 weeks previously, getting free treatment as an inpatient in custody serving a court sentence, subject to immigration control and did not qualify for help from the Department for Work and Pensions, or living in a care home, an independent hospital or Ilford Park Polish Resettlement Home (and had done so for the previous 12 weeks or more) and you were on Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance

 

Then you should qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. You should have been getting this every year since you turned 60, as long as you met the conditions I've outlined.

[banksarggg]

hi

my gran who is 74 said she got a cold weather payment 2 weeks ago of £250 im not sure if this is a different one and my gran isnt sure either , im also not sure which benefits she gets she looks after my grandad who is 78 and has been in and out of hospital for the last year and needs constant care , she said some man had come out and filled in paperwork for her to get benefits to help her and she said that my grandads money went up he gets £224 a week and she gets £96

 

oh i just seen "ERIKAPNP" saying about winter fuel payment then that must be what my gran had

[honeybee13]

Hello banksarrgh. I think that's the payment that anyone on a State retirement pension receives automatically.

 

My best, HB

[ErikaPNP]

Yes - the Winter Fuel Payment can be either £125, £200, £250, £275, or £400, depending on one's circumstances and age. The Cold Weather Payment is always £25.

[Werner M]

Oh, hang on Werner - are you getting the cold weather payment mixed up with the Winter Fuel Payment?

 

You are of qualifying age for the WFP. So as long during the week of 20th to the 26th September this year, you were resident in Great Britain or Ireland and were not:

 

in hospital for more than 52 weeks previously, getting free treatment as an inpatient in custody serving a court sentence, subject to immigration control and did not qualify for help from the Department for Work and Pensions, or living in a care home, an independent hospital or Ilford Park Polish Resettlement Home (and had done so for the previous 12 weeks or more) and you were on Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance

 

Then you should qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment. You should have been getting this every year since you turned 60, as long as you met the conditions I've outlined.

Hi and thanks again,.......I'm getting the yearly Winterfuelpayment.

and a happy Christmas to you and thanks for all the help you provide on this Site.

Werner.

[Funkus Munkus]

Hi all,

I have been on long-term sickness benefit and have always just received Cold Weather Payments. I have just checked the Directgov website for the first time and it states that I am due two payments, however I have not received anything as of yet. Has there been a change to entitlement? Looking at the list of eligibility, I can't work out if I am entitled or not as I am single and don't have any children. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[honeybee13]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I can't answer your question myself, sorry, but someone else will know. We need to know exactly which benefit you're on though please, to help the guys advise you.

 

My best, HB

[Funkus Munkus]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I can't answer your question myself, sorry, but someone else will know. We need to know exactly which benefit you're on though please, to help the guys advise you.

 

My best, HB

 

Hi and thanks HB,

I get income support with a sickness premium, sorry I should have stated.

[Funkus Munkus]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I can't answer your question myself, sorry, but someone else will know. We need to know exactly which benefit you're on though please, to help the guys advise you.

 

My best, HB

 

Hi and thanks HB,

I get income support with a sickness premium, sorry I should have stated.

[honeybee13]

Thank you for that. I think Erika said to someone yesterday [could have been on this thread] that being on IB doesn't automatically qualify you for the payment. I hope someone will give you an answer soon.

 

My best, HB

[honeybee13]

Hi, yes it was on this thread, see post #11. But we need someone to tell you if the sickness premium affects it.

 

HB

[Silky444]

do you have to live my yourself to be able to collect CWP?? lol or be a curtain age?

[Thunda]

My wife has been on IB for 4 years and HRM DLA during last years cold spell but we didn't recieve the cold weather payment because we weren't on Income Support ... in truth, we didn't know we were eligible

 

This year, again, she's on IB, HRM and Income Support .. and just last week won her tribunal for Middle Care DLA .. Does she now qualify for the cold weather payment?