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Cold Weather Payments are currently available for eligible households in areas experiencing seven consecutive days of temperatures at or below 0°C. Here's what you need to know:
Eligibility Criteria
You can receive a £25 payment if you get:
You can receive a £25 payment if you get:
- Pension Credit
- Income Support
- Universal Credit
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support for Mortgage Interest
- £25 per seven-day period of freezing temperatures
- Payments automatic for qualifying recipients
- Scheme runs from November 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025
- Approximately 6,000 people across 23 postcode areas currently qualify
- Payments arrive within 14 working days
- Use the official Cold Weather Payment Checker on the UK Government website
- Check your specific postcode's eligibility
- Payments are triggered automatically based on local temperature records
Residents in Scotland are not eligible, as they receive an annual Winter Heating Payment instead.