• Welcome to the LegalBeagles Consumer and Legal Forum.
    Please Register to get the most out of the forum. Registration is free and only needs a username and email address.
    REGISTER
    Please do not post your full name, reference numbers or any identifiable details on the forum.

Cold Weather Payments

Collapse
Loading...
X
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Cold Weather Payments

    During a very cold winter, the costs of heating can quickly add up. If you're receiving certain benefits, you may be able to get a Cold Weather Payment for each period of very cold weather in your area. Find out whether you could qualify for help this winter.
    On the link below you will see who qualifies and also a postcode search tells you what payments are being made in your area.

    Sadly thousands of pensioners are not getting this benefit because they are not claiming Pension Credit which would mean you get the cold weather payment automatically.
    If you know any elderly people well enough to help with their finances or you can get them to see someone from CAB or Social Services they may well be able to get both these benefits and live a more comfortable life.
    Enaid x


    Cold Weather Payment : Directgov - Money, tax and benefits
    Tags: None

  • #2
    Re: Cold Weather Payments

    Thanks for highlighting this Enaid x


    Cold Weather Payment


    During a very cold winter, the costs of heating can quickly add up. If you're receiving certain benefits, you may be able to get a Cold Weather Payment for each period of very cold weather in your area. Find out whether you could qualify for help this winter.
    What are Cold Weather Payments?
    You don't need to apply - if you can get a Cold Weather Payment, you’ll be paid it automatically
    Cold Weather Payments help people, who get certain income-related benefits, with their increased heating costs caused by periods of very cold weather during winter.
    A period of very cold weather is when the temperature is either:
    recorded as an average of zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days in a row
    forecast to be an average zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days in a row
    How the Cold Weather Payments scheme works
    The Cold Weather Payments scheme runs every winter from 1 November and 31 March.
    A network of weather stations gathers temperature information. This is used to see whether there has been a ‘period of very cold weather’ in any postcode area.
    When there is a period of very cold weather in your postcode area, a Cold Weather Payment is made to eligible people who live there.
    When there hasn’t been a period of very cold weather in your postcode area, a Cold Weather Payment will not be paid.
    People who live near to each other but in different postcode areas might get Cold Weather payments at different times.
    How to find out if Cold Weather Payments have been made in your postcode area
    You can find out if a Cold Weather Payment has been made in your postcode area by using the Postcode Search.
    Cold Weather Payment postcode searchOpens new window
    Find out if your area has received payment

    You can use the postcode search to find out if your area has received a Cold Weather Payment
    Cold Weather Payment postcode searchOpens new window
    Winter Fuel Payments
    Winter Fuel Payments are different from Cold Weather Payments. Winter Fuel Payments are yearly one-off payments to help eligible people pay for their heating in the winter.
    Winter Fuel Payments are paid to men and women who have reached the minimum age at which a woman can receive a state pension. They are not linked to temperature. This is different to Cold Weather Payments, which eligible people may get for each period of very cold weather in their postcode area.
    Winter Fuel Payment (pensions and retirement planning section)
    Who can get Cold Weather Payments?
    When there has been a period of very cold weather during the winter, you can get a Cold Weather Payment if you receive one of the following benefits:
    Pension Credit
    Income Support
    income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
    income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
    Pension Credit
    If you get Pension Credit, you will usually receive Cold Weather Payments.
    Income Support and income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
    If you receive Income Support or income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, you will get Cold Weather Payments if you also have any of the following:
    a disability or pensioner premium included in your benefit
    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 get 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 included in your benefit
    a pensioner premium included in your benefit
    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)
    If you have a child under five living with you
    If you are getting Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance you will need to tell Jobcentre Plus when:
    you have had a baby
    a child under five has come to live with you
    If you don’t, you won’t automatically get any Cold Weather Payments that you may be due.
    How to contact Jobcentre Plus (employment section)Opens new window
    Who to contact at The Pension Service (pensions and retirement planning section)Opens new window
    How much do you get?
    You will get £25 for each seven day period of very cold weather between 1 November and 31 March.
    How to apply
    You don't need to apply. If you can get a Cold Weather Payment, you’ll be paid it automatically.
    How Cold Weather Payments are paid
    Cold Weather Payments are paid automatically into the same bank or building society account as your benefit payments.
    All benefits, pensions and allowances are paid into an account. This is the safest, most convenient and efficient method of payment.
    How benefits and pensions are paid
    When will I get my Cold Weather Payment?
    Your Cold Weather Payment should be in your account within 14 working days after each period of very cold weather in your postcode area.
    If you think you should have had a Cold Weather Payment
    If you think you should have had a Cold Weather Payment but haven’t received one, use the Postcode Search to check if payments have been made for your postcode area.
    If you still think you should have had a Cold Weather Payment, tell your pension centre or Jobcentre Plus.
    Who to contact at The Pension Service (pensions and retirement planning section)
    How to contact Jobcentre Plus (employment section)
    "Although scalar fields are Lorentz scalars, they may transform nontrivially under other symmetries, such as flavour or isospin. For example, the pion is invariant under the restricted Lorentz group, but is an isospin triplet (meaning it transforms like a three component vector under the SU(2) isospin symmetry). Furthermore, it picks up a negative phase under parity inversion, so it transforms nontrivially under the full Lorentz group; such particles are called pseudoscalar rather than scalar. Most mesons are pseudoscalar particles." (finally explained to a captivated Celestine by Professor Brian Cox on Wednesday 27th June 2012 )

    I am proud to have co-founded LegalBeagles in 2007

    If we have helped you we'd appreciate it if you can leave a review on our Trust Pilot page

    If you wish to book an appointment with me to discuss your credit agreement, please email kate@legalbeaglesgroup. com

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: Cold Weather Payments

      From the Tory Party joke book:

      Give an old person a Winter Fuel Payment and he will be warm for a few months.
      Set an old person on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

      Comment

      View our Terms and Conditions

      LegalBeagles Group uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and to create a secure and effective website. By using this website, you are consenting to such use.To find out more and learn how to manage cookies please read our Cookie and Privacy Policy.

      If you would like to opt in, or out, of receiving news and marketing from LegalBeagles Group Ltd you can amend your settings at any time here.


      If you would like to cancel your registration please Contact Us. We will delete your user details on request, however, any previously posted user content will remain on the site with your username removed and 'Guest' inserted.
      Working...
      X