It is estimated that 551,000 families in the East Midlands will be eligible for means-tested Cost of Living Payment with a further 451,000 in the region eligible for the £150 disability Cost of Living payment in the Autumn. Details of who will get the support have been published by the UK Government.
When it comes to who will be getting the £650 figure, which is split into two payments, figures show that household in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire make up 133,300 of that headline figure. A further 109,000 individuals are eligible for the disability payment.
Just who will be getting the payment has been broken down into constituencies. It appears that Nottingham North has the largest number of eligible families for the Cost of Living payment, with Nottingham East and Mansfield coming up behind. The breakdown of the areas is detailed below.
