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Levi Winchester

When is the next cost of living payment being issued and who will be eligible for it?

The first in a series of new cost of living payments started to hit bank accounts last month in a welcome boost for millions of Brits.

Those in receipt of certain means-tested benefits started to receive £301 from April 25 - the first of three instalments of the £900 cost of living payment.

More help is also on the way for households who claim certain disability benefits, as well as pensioner households.

It comes as bills continue to rocket - with the price of food and energy costing households hundreds of pounds more a year.

The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) is currently set at £2,500 a year for the typical home, while food inflation now sits at 19.1%.

But when exactly will the next payments be made, and who is eligible? We explain everything we know so far.

When will the next cost of living payment be paid?

The next cost of living payment due to be sent out will be £150 to those claiming certain means-tested benefits.

An exact date for this payment has not yet been finalised, but is expected to arrive in summer 2023.

Those who claim the following benefits during the qualifying period will be eligible for the payment:

  • Disability Living Allowance

  • Personal Independence Payment

  • Attendance Allowance

  • Scottish Disability Benefits

  • Armed Forces Independence Payment

  • Constant Attendance Allowance

  • War Pension Mobility Supplement

The qualifying date for when you need to be claiming these benefits by has also not yet been confirmed.

Over six million people received the disability cost of living payment last year.

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After this, the next payment that will be sent out will be the second instalment of the £900 cost of living payment, worth £300.

The second payment is due to be sent in autumn 2023, while the third payment, worth £299, will drop in spring 2024.

To be eligible for these payments, you need to be claiming the following benefits during the qualifying period:

  • Universal Credit

  • Income-based Jobseekers Allowance

  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

  • Income Support

  • Pension Credit

  • Working Tax Credit

  • Child Tax Credit

Again, the qualifying period to claim the second and third instalments has not yet been confirmed.

You may become eligible for these payments even if you weren’t claiming benefits in time for the first £301 payment.

More than eight million people got the first instalment.

Finally, pensioner households in receipt of the Winter Fuel Payment will get an extra £300 this winter.

The Winter Fuel Payment is worth up to £300, depending on your circumstances and living arrangements.

This means some households will get £600 of extra help.

You can get a Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2023/24 if you were born before September 24, 1957.

You also need to have lived in the UK for at least one day in the qualifying week.

The qualifying week is normally the week beginning from the third Monday in September.

For the winter period just gone, more than 11million people received this support.

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