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Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment

• Overview

  You may get Cold Weather Payments if you’re getting certain benefits or…

• Eligibility

  You may get Cold Weather Payments if you’re getting: Pension Credit Income…

• What you need to do

  You do not need to apply. If you’re eligible to get Cold Weather Payments,…

• When you’ll get paid

  If you’re eligible to get Cold Weather Payments, you’ll get £25 for each 7…

• Hospital stays

  Tell the Pension Service or Jobcentre Plus if you go into hospital - this…

Over 1.4 million Cold Weather Payments - worth around £35 million in total - were paid this past winter to people in England and Wales, according to statistics released today [09 April].

• Updated: 9 April 2025

• Updated: 9 April 2025

Cold Weather Payments made in England and Wales, 1 November 2024 to 31 March 2025.

• Updated: 9 April 2025

Cold Weather Payments made in England and Wales between 1 November 2023 and 5 January 2024. The weekly and monthly estimated payments include breakdowns for England and Wales, in addition to the total estimates.

• Updated: 10 January 2024

• Updated: 15 November 2023

Estimated number of eligible recipients, and triggers for Cold Weather Payments made in Great Britain between 1 November 2020 and 31 March 2021.

• Updated: 18 August 2021

Cold Weather Payments made in Great Britain between 1 November and 16 December 2022. The weekly and monthly estimated payments include breakdowns for England, and Wales, in addition to the total estimates.

• Updated: 21 December 2022

Cold Weather Payments made in England and Wales between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

• Updated: 10 April 2019