AUKW BBC Politics/ Pension credit application Deadline

DEADLINE for Pension credit applications to be eligible for Winter Fuel Payment.

BBC Politics visited Age UK Wandsworth again on Wednesday 11/12/24 to hear about how we are helping older people this Winter. It is important to remember that the deadline for applications for Pension credit which would enable beneficiaries to also receive the Winter Fuel payment for 2024 is 21/12/24.

To watch the video please click here;

What is the Winter Fuel Payment?

The Winter Fuel Payment is a one-off, tax-free yearly payment designed to help older people, and people on other benefit schemes, to meet the cost of heating their home in the winter.

If you’re eligible for Pension Credit, you may receive a total sum of £200 this winter if you were born between 23 September 1944 and 22 September 1958, or a sum of £300 if you were born before 23 September 1944.

If you have a partner, and you jointly claim any of the means-tested benefits, one of you will get the payment.

When is the application deadline for the 2024 Winter Fuel Payment?

You will still get the 2024 Winter Fuel Payment if you apply for Pension Credit by 21 December 2024, and your claim is backdated to the qualifying week between 16 to 22 September 2024.

You will not get the Winter Fuel Payment until your Pension Credit claim is successful.

What other means-tested benefits are eligible?

You must be receiving one of these means-tested benefits to qualify:

• Pension Credit
• Universal Credit
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income support
• Child Tax Credit
• Working Tax credit

You also need to be receiving the benefit during the qualifying week of 16 to 22 September 2024.

If you are aged over 60 and a resident of the Borough of Wandsworth and require assistance in applying to see if your eligible for Pension Credit please contact us on 020 8877 8940 or info@ageukwandsworth.org.uk