The £25 Cold Weather Payments will come at a vital time for many recipient
- The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has activated Cold Weather Payments across more than 400 postcode areas in England and Wales. This action comes as Britain faces a particularly chilly start to the New Year.
- An estimated 674,000 households will be eligible to receive this financial support. The payment aims to help these households cover the rising costs of heating their homes during the cold snap.
- Each eligible household will receive a payment of £25. This money is intended to provide vital assistance toward heating bills in the coming week.
- The payment is automatically triggered when an area is forecasted to record average temperatures below zero degrees Celsius for seven consecutive days. Forecasters are predicting a significant spell of cold weather as the New Year begins.
- Eligibility for the payment is linked to receiving certain benefits. These include Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), and Universal Credit, among others.
- It is important to note that not all recipients of these benefits will automatically receive the payment, as specific factors determine final eligibility. The full details on who is eligible are available on the government’s website.
- The payments are made directly and automatically into the recipient’s bank account, meaning there is no need for people to submit an application. The £25 should appear in bank accounts within 14 working days of the trigger.
- The newly triggered payments primarily cover parts of the South East of England, South Wales, and Yorkshire. However, key major metropolitan areas such as Greater London, Birmingham, and Manchester were not included in this latest batch of Cold Weather Payments.
