Support through the Government's Cold Weather Payment scheme is now active, with eligible residents now able to claim support. Payments are made to vulnerable people, including pensioners, and those on certain benefits via the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in England and Wales.
You may get a Cold Weather Payment if you’re getting certain benefits or Support for Mortgage Interest. Recipients receive a payment if the average temperature is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days
We've had a look at the eligibility as payment have been triggered in the recent cold snap.
Designed to help them pay for heating when the temperature dips below freezing, recipients receive £25 for each seven day period of very cold weather between 1 November and 31 March. The Cold Weather Payment scheme runs from 1 November 2022 to 31 March 2023. Check if you can get a payment in your area.
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According to the Government, there's no not need to apply. If you’re eligible to get a Cold Weather Payment, you’ll be paid it automatically.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed that certain areas across the UK would be receiving the payment and that included parts of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Eligibility
You may get Cold Weather Payments if you’re getting:
- Pension Credit
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- 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.
Pension Credit
You’ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Pension Credit.
Income Support and income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
You’ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Income Support or income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance and have any of the 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 5 living with you
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
You’ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get income-related ESA and are in a work-related activity group or support group. If you’re not in either group, you might also get Cold Weather Payments if you have any of the following:
- 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 5 living with you
Universal Credit
You’ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Universal Credit and you’re not employed or self-employed. One of the following must also apply:
- you have a health condition or disability and have limited capability for work (with or without work-related activity)
- you have a child under 5 living with you
You’ll also be eligible if you have a disabled child amount in your claim, whether you’re employed or not.
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)
You’ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) and have any of the following:
- 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 5 living with you
Will there be a second Cold Weather Payment?
Recipients receive £25 for each seven day period of very cold weather between 1 November and 31 March. Eligible recipients are already entitled to one payment. Another prolonged period of freezing temperatures would trigger another payment.
Local postcodes qualifying for a £25 payment over the 2022-23 winter period
- Derbyshire: DE1-3, DE5-7, DE11-15, DE21-24, DE55-56, DE65, DE72-75
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Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: NG1-22, NG25, NG31-34
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Leicestershire: LE1-9, LE11-14, LE15, LE16-19, LE65, LE67
Full list of postcodes qualifying for a £25 payment over the 2022-23 winter period so far
- DH9, DL4-5, DL14-17, NE1-13, NE15-18, NE20-21, NE23, NE25-46, SR1-7, TS21, TS28-29
- BS1-11, BS13-16, BS20-24, BS29-32, BS34-37, BS39-41, BS48-49, GL11-13, NP16, NP26
- CB1-5, CB10-11, CB21-25, CM1-9, CM11-24, CM77, CO9, RM4, SG8-11
- BD23-24, DL8, DL11-13
- BB4, BB8-12, BB18, BD1-22, HD3, HD7-9, HX1-7, LS21, LS29, OL13-14, S36
- BA12, RG28, SO20-23,SP1-5, SP7, SP9-11
- HG1–5, LS1-20, LS22-28, YO1, YO8, YO10, YO19, YO23-24, YO26, YO30-32, YO41-43, YO51, YO60-61
- OX1-6, OX8, OX11-14, OX18, OX20, OX25-29, SN7
- LL24-25, LL41.
- CA1-8, DG12, DG16
- BN5-6, BN44, GU5-6, ME6, ME14-20, RH1-20, TN1-20, TN22, TN27
- NE71.
- EX23, EX31-34, EX39.
- B1-21, B23-38, B40, B42-50, B60-80, B90-98, , DY1-14, LE10, WS1-15, WV1-16
- Coventry: CV1-12, CV21-23, CV31-35, CV3 CV47, CV13, CV36
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Derbyshire: DE1-3, DE4, DE5-7, DE11-15, DE21-24, DE45, DE55-56, DE65, DE72-75,
- DT6-8, EX13-15, TA21.
DH1-7
- EX1-12, EX24, TQ1-6, TQ9, TQ12, TQ14
- YO13, YO18, YO21-22, YO62
GU1-4, GU7-35, GU46-47, GU51-52, RG1-2, RG4-8, RG10, RG12, RG14, RG18-27, RG29-31, RG40-42, RG45, SL1-2, SL4-6, SO24
- CH1-8, LL11-14, SY14
- GL1-6, GL10, GL14-20, GL50-53, HR1-9, NP7-8, NP15, NP25, SY8, WR1-11, WR13-15
- BN7-8, BN20-24, BN26-27, TN21, TN31-40.
- BH1-25, BH31, DT1-2, DT11, SP6
- CW1-3, CW5, CW 12, ST1-8, ST11-12, ST14-21
- LL20-21, LL23, SY10, SY15-17, SY19, SY21-22
- DN14, HU1-20, YO11-12, YO14-17, YO25.
- S32-33, SK13, SK17, SK22-23, ST9-10, ST13
- DL1-DL3, DL6,DL7, DL9, DL10, TS9, S16 YO7
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Leicestershire: LE1-9, LE11-14, LE15, LE16-19, LE65, LE67
- NP4, NP11-13, NP22-24, NP44, SA9
- EX16, EX35-36, TA22, TA24.
- GL54-56, OX7, OX15-17, WR12
- LD1-2, LD4-8, SA19-20, SY7, SY9, SY18
- CB6-7, IP24-28, PE12-14, PE30-38
- NE22, NE24, NE61-70.
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: NG1-22, NG25, NG31-34
Oxfordshire: HP5-23, HP27, OX9,OX10,OX33, OX39,OX44, OX49, RG9, SL7-9
- SA1-8, SA14-18, SA31-34, SA61-63, SA66-73
- CA9, DH8, NE19, NE47-49
- L0-9, M24, M26, OL1-12, OL15-16,SK15
- CW4, CW6-11, M1-9, M11-23, M25, M27-35, M38, M40-41, M43-46, M50, M90, PR7, SK1-12, SK14, SK16, WA1-16, WN1-8
- AL1-10, EN6, HP1-4, LU1-7, SG1-4, SG12-14, WD3-7, WD17-19, WD23-25
- CA10-12, CA16-17, LA8-10, LA21-23
- SY1-6, SY11-13, TF1-13
- Sheffield: DN1–8, DN11-12,HD1-2, HD4-6, S1-14, S17-18, S20-21, S25-26, S35, S40-45, S60-66, S70-75, S80-81, WF1-17
Somerset: BA4-10, BA16, BA20-22, BS25-28, DT9-10, SP8, TA1-20, TA23
- BB1-3, BB5-7, LA2, LA6-7, PR6
- NN1-7 NN11-13, MK18
- NR1-35
- LL35-40, SY20, SY23-25
- DN9-10, DN13, DN15-22, DN31-41, LN1-13, NG23-24, PE10-11, PE20-25.
- LA1, LA3-5, LA11-20
- CB8-9, CO1-8, CO10-16, IP1-23, IP29-33
- BA1-3, BA11, BA13-15, GL7-9, RG17, SN1-6, SN8-16, SN25-26
- NN14-18, PE1-9, PE15-17, PE26-29
- MK1-17, MK19, MK40-46, NN8-10, NN29, PE19, SG5-7, SG15-19
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