We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility
If you were born before 25 September 1957 you could get between £250 and…
You can get a Winter Fuel Payment if you were born before 25 September…
You should have had a letter in October or November telling you how much…
Most people get the Winter Fuel Payment automatically if they’re eligible.…
Most payments are made automatically in November or December. You should…
If you do not live in the UK, you’re only eligible for the Winter Fuel…
Contact the Winter Fuel Payment Centre if you’re eligible for a Winter…
The form to claim a Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2024 to 2025 will be available here at a later date.
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment
You may get Cold Weather Payments if you’re getting certain benefits or…
You may get Cold Weather Payments if you’re getting: Pension Credit Income…
You do not need to apply. If you’re eligible to get Cold Weather Payments,…
If you’re eligible to get Cold Weather Payments, you’ll get £25 for each 7…
Tell the Pension Service or Jobcentre Plus if you go into hospital - this…
Winter Fuel Payment statistics, covering recipient and household data as well as payments in European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland.
The Warm Home Discount Scheme could take £150 off your winter electricity bill - eligibility, how to get your discount, deadlines.
Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living if you’re entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.
Information about Winter Fuel Payment statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations.
Payments of up to £600 are landing directly in the bank accounts of around 11.5 million UK pensioners for the second year running.
Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households by local authority and by Westminster parliamentary constituency, for winter 2022 to 2023.
Payments of up to £600 are landing directly in the bank accounts of over 600,000 pensioners in Wales for the second year running.
Background information and methodology relating to Winter Fuel Payment statistics.
Experimental statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients by local authority and by parliamentary constituency, for winter 2020 to 2021 and winter 2021 to 2022.
Payment of Winter Fuel Payments in EEA: impacts of the proposed temperature link.
11.9 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments – worth over £4.8 billion – have been made to pensioners across the UK over the past month
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone.