Winter Fuel Payment
Eligibility
You can get a Winter Fuel Payment for Winter 2024 to 2025 if you were born before 23 September 1958.
You must also live in England or Wales and get one of the following:
- 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’ll also need to have been getting a benefit during the qualifying week of 16 to 22 September 2024.
In some circumstances, you might be eligible if you live abroad.
When you will not be eligible
You will not be eligible if you:
- live in Scotland
- have been in hospital getting free treatment for more than a year
- were in prison for the whole of the week of 16 to 22 September 2024
- were living in a care home for the whole time from 24 June to 22 September 2024
If you live in a care home
You can get a Winter Fuel Payment if:
- you get certain benefits and are eligible
- you have lived in a care home for less than 13 weeks including the week of 16 to 22 September 2024