£140 Cold Weather Payment 2024 : Cold Weather Payment Checker UK
You can get a one-time £140 discount on your power bill through the Warm Home Discount Scheme, which reopened in November for the forthcoming winter season.
You’ll get a payment if the average temperature in your area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below over 7 consecutive days.
You’ll get £25 for each 7 day period of very cold weather between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024.
The money is deducted from your electricity bill from October 2022 to March 2023 if you are eligible. You will not receive the discount directly, and it will not affect your cold weather or winter fuel payments.
With a dual fuel tariff, in which your supplier offers both gas and electricity, you could be able to receive the discount on your gas payment instead.
Your application process will be different depending on which of the two approaches to qualify for the scheme you follow.
The information you require is contained here.
Cold Weather Payments
You’ll get a payment if the average temperature in your area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below over 7 consecutive days.
You’ll get £25 for each 7 day period of very cold weather between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024.
Eligibility
You may get Cold Weather Payments if you’re getting:
- Pension Credit
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Universal Credit
- Support for Mortgage Interest
If you live in Scotland, you cannot get Cold Weather Payments. You might get an annual Winter Heating Payment instead.
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)
You’ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) and you’re treated as getting a qualifying benefit where one of the following applies:
- a severe or enhanced disability premium
- a pensioner premium
- you have a child who is disabled
- you get Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
- you have a child under 5 living with you
When you’ll get paid
If you’re eligible to get Cold Weather Payments, you’ll get £25 for each 7 day period of very cold weather between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024.
Check if any payments are due in your area of England or Wales or check if any payments are due in your area of Northern Ireland.
After each period of very cold weather in your area, you should get a payment within 14 working days. It’s paid into the same bank or building society account as your benefit payments.
If you do not get your Cold Weather Payments
Tell the Pension Service or Jobcentre Plus if you think you should have got a Cold Weather Payment but you have not.
If you’re getting Universal Credit, sign in to your account and add a note to your journal.
If you do not have an online account, ring the Universal Credit helpline instead. The phone number is on letters about your Universal Credit claim.
