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Cost of Living Support

 

Cost of Living Payment

You may have been entitled to up to 3 Cost of Living Payments of £301, £300 and £299 if you get any of the following benefits or tax credits on certain dates:

  • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Income Support
  • Pension Credit
  • Universal Credit
  • Child Tax Credit
  • Working Tax Credit

 

Disability Cost of Living Payment

You may have been entitled to a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 if you’re getting any of any of the following benefits:

  • Attendance Allowance
  • Constant Attendance Allowance
  • Disability Living Allowance for adults
  • Disability Living Allowance for children
  • Personal Independence Payment
  • Adult Disability Payment (in Scotland)
  • Child Disability Payment (in Scotland)
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment
  • War Pension Mobility Supplement

 

Winter Fuel Payment

If you were born before 25 September 1957 you could get between £250 and £600 to help you pay your heating bills. This is known as a ‘Winter Fuel Payment’.

The full amount of Winter Fuel Payment (including the Pensioner Cost of Living Payment) you will get depends on when you were born and your circumstances during qualifying dates.

You can get a Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2023 to 2024 if you were born before 25 September 1957.

 

 

Cold Weather Payment

You may get Cold Weather Payments if the average temperature in your area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below over 7 consecutive days.

You may get £25 for each 7 day period of very cold weather during certain dates.

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

After each period of very cold weather in the relevant area, a payment is made from the DWP within 14 working days. It’s paid into the same bank or building society account as the benefit payments.

 

Warm Home Discount Scheme

You could get £150 off your electricity bill under the Warm Home Discount Scheme. The money is not paid to you - it’s a one-off discount applied to your electricity bill.

You qualify if you either:

 

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