Hundreds of thousands more households across Britain will be in line for a Cold Weather Payment this winter, the DWP has announced – with some receiving their third payment so far.
Eligible Brits in 160 more postcode areas, including in the Home Counties, Norfolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex, will get the new payment. It means around 170,000 low income households are set for a £25 boost to help cover their heating costs.
Payments have also been triggered to the north and south of London, but so far temperatures haven’t been cold enough at Heathrow weather station to qualify for a payment in the 278 Greater London postcode areas it covers. If that threshold was met, an estimated 577,000 households would be eligible for a payment, at a one-off cost to the government of £14.4million.
The latest update includes a £25 payment to 4,000 households in Cumbria which are now in line for their third payment of the winter. The 11 postcode areas including Kendal, Keswick and Windermere will receive £75 towards their heating bills after previous cold spells in November and earlier this month.
You can see if your postcode has been affected using our interactive map, and see the full list of eligible postcodes below.
Full list of postcodes eligible for the Cold Weather Payment
An estimated 3.9million people are eligible for the Cold Weather Payment
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Tuesday 14 January
Charlwood weather station (51,000 households)
- BN5 – Henfield, West Sussex
- BN6 – Clayton, West Sussex
- BN44 – Steyning, West Sussex
- GU5 – Wonersh, Surrey
- GU6 – Cranleigh, Surrey
- ME6 – Snodland, Kent
- ME14 – Maidstone, Kent
- ME15 – Maidstone, Kent
- ME16 – Maidstone, Kent
- ME17 – Leeds, Kent
- ME18 – West Farleigh, Kent
- ME19 – West Malling, Kent
- ME20 – Ditton, Kent
- RH1 – Reigate and Banstead, Surrey
- RH2 – Reigate and Banstead, Surrey
- RH3 – Brockham, Surrey
- RH4 – Dorking, Surrey
- RH5 – Capel, Surrey
- RH6 – Horley, Surrey
- RH7 – Lingfield, Surrey
- RH8 – Limpsfield, Surrey
- RH9 – Godstone, Surrey
- RH10 – Crawley, West Sussex
- RH11 – Crawley, West Sussex
- RH12 – Horsham, West Sussex
- RH13 – Southwater, West Sussex
- RH14 – Wisborough Green, West Sussex
- RH15 – Burgess Hill, West Sussex
- RH16 – Haywards Heath, West Sussex
- RH17 – Cuckfield Rural, West Sussex
- RH18 – Forest Row, East Sussex
- RH19 – East Grinstead, West Sussex
- RH20 – Storrington, West Sussex
- TN1 – Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- TN2 – Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- TN3 – Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- TN4 – Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- TN5 – Wadhurst, East Sussex
- TN6 – Crowborough, East Sussex
- TN7 – Hartfield, East Sussex
- TN8 – Edenbridge, Kent
- TN9 – Tonbridge, Kent
- TN10 – Tonbridge, Kent
- TN11 – Tonbridge, Kent
- TN12 – Yalding, Kent
- TN13 – Sevenoaks, Kent
- TN14 – Dunton Green, Kent
- TN15 – Wrotham, Kent
- TN16 – Greater London
- TN17 – Cranbrook, Kent
- TN18 – Four Throws, Kent
- TN19 – Burwash, East Sussex
- TN20 – Mayfield, East Sussex
- TN22 – Uckfield, East Sussex
- TN27 – Smarden, Kent
Andrewsfield weather station (47,000 households)
- CB1 – Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire
- CB2 – Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
- CB3 – Hardwick, Cambridgeshire
- CB4 – Impington, Cambridgeshire
- CB5 – Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire
- CB10 – Saffron Walden, Essex
- CB11 – Newport, Essex
- CB21 – Balsham, Cambridgeshire
- CB22 – Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
- CB23 – Highfields, Cambridgeshire
- CB24 – Over, Cambridgeshire
- CB25 – Lode, Cambridgeshire
- CM1 – Chelmsford, Essex
- CM2 – Great Baddow, Essex
- CM3 – Danbury, Essex
- CM4 – Ingatestone, Essex
- CM5 – Ongar, Essex
- CM6 – Great Dunmow, Essex
- CM7 – Braintree, Essex
- CM8 – Witham, Essex
- CM9 – Heybridge, Essex
- CM11 – Essex
- CM12 – Billericay, Essex
- CM13 – Brentwood, Essex
- CM14 – Brentwood, Essex
- CM15 – Brentwood, Essex
- CM16 – Epping, Essex
- CM17 – Harlow, Essex
- CM18 – Harlow, Essex
- CM19 – Harlow, Essex
- CM20 – Harlow, Essex
- CM21 – Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
- CM22 – Great Hallingbury, Essex
- CM23 – Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
- CM24 – Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex
- CM77 – Braintree, Essex
- CO9 – Sible Hedingham, Essex
- RM4 – Stapleford Abbotts, Essex
- SG8 – Melbourn, Cambridgeshire
- SG9 – Buntingford, Hertfordshire
- SG10 – Much Hadham, Hertfordshire
- SG11 – Standon, Hertfordshire
Brize Norton weather station (18,000 households)
- OX1 – Oxford, Oxfordshire
- OX2 – Oxford, Oxfordshire
- OX3 – Oxford, Oxfordshire
- OX4 – Oxford, Oxfordshire
- OX5 – Kidlington, Oxfordshire
- OX11 – Didcot, Oxfordshire
- OX12 – Wantage, Oxfordshire
- OX13 – Marcham, Oxfordshire
- OX14 – Culham, Oxfordshire
- OX18 – Carterton, Oxfordshire
- OX20 – Woodstock, Oxfordshire
- OX25 – Chesterton, Oxfordshire
- OX26 – Bicester, Oxfordshire
- OX27 – Fringford, Oxfordshire
- OX28 – Witney, Oxfordshire
- OX29 – Eynsham, Oxfordshire
- SN7 – Shellingford, Oxfordshire
Tibenham weather station (50,000 households)
- NR1 – Norwich, Norfolk
- NR2 – Norwich, Norfolk
- NR3 – Norwich, Norfolk
- NR4 – Norwich, Norfolk
- NR5 – Norwich, Norfolk
- NR6 – Norwich, Norfolk
- NR7 – Norwich, Norfolk
- NR8 – Taverham, Norfolk
- NR9 – Marlingford, Norfolk
- NR10 – Hevingham, Norfolk
- NR11 – Erpingham, Norfolk
- NR12 – Smallburgh, Norfolk
- NR13 – Blofield, Norfolk
- NR14 – Alpington, Norfolk
- NR15 – Hempnall, Norfolk
- NR16 – Old Buckenham, Norfolk
- NR17 – Attleborough, Norfolk
- NR18 – Wymondham, Norfolk
- NR19 – Scarning, Norfolk
- NR20 – Swanton Morley, Norfolk
- NR21 – Fakenham, Norfolk
- NR22 – Walsingham, Norfolk
- NR23 – Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
- NR24 – Briston, Norfolk
- NR25 – Holt, Norfolk
- NR26 – Sheringham, Norfolk
- NR27 – Cromer, Norfolk
- NR28 – North Walsham, Norfolk
- NR29 – Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- NR30 – Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- NR31 – Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- NR32 – Oulton Broad, Suffolk
- NR33 – Oulton Broad, Suffolk
- NR34 – Weston, Suffolk
- NR35 – Bungay, Suffolk
16 January
Shap weather station (Third £25 payment this winter for 4,000 households)
- CA10 – Cliburn, Cumbria
- CA11 – Catterlen, Cumbria
- CA12 – Keswick, Cumbria
- CA16 – Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria
- CA17 – Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
- LA8 – Kendal, Cumbria
- LA9 – Kendal, Cumbria
- LA10 – Sedbergh, Cumbria
- LA21 – Coniston, Cumbria
- LA22 – Lakes, Cumbria
- LA23 – Windermere, Cumbria
Not all those on benefits will receive a Cold Weather Payment
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The announcement comes after the DWP revealed yesterday that payments had been triggered for nearly a million households in 517 postcode areas across Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and the West Midlands.
Cold Weather Payments are made to people in England and Wales who receive a number of benefits. A separate scheme is operated in Northern Ireland along similar lines but in Scotland the support for heating bills is paid every winter and not linked to specific spells of cold weather.
There are an estimated 3.9million people eligible for Cold Weather Payments under the DWP scheme and of these 1.2 million are in receipt of Pensions Credit. Last year there were 364,000 payments made across England and Wales at a total cost of £9.1million. In some areas of Cumbria, the Cold Weather Payments were triggered three times during separate spells of freezing weather last winter, meaning eligible recipients were paid £75 in total.
The DWP says those claiming the following benefits may be eligible for the Cold Weather Payment; Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit, Support for Mortgage Interest. But not all those receiving these benefits will automatically receive a Cold Weather Payment.
There are a number of factors which will determine whether a payment will be made and full details of those eligible are on the GOV website.