DWP Cold Weather Payments - check if your postcode area is getting £25 or £50 with our interactive map
12.12.2023 - 15:41
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is sending out £25 payments to vulnerable people in areas experiencing particularly low temperatures this winter.
The Cold Weather Payment scheme aims to help those on a low income with their energy bills as the temperature drops. Between November 1 and March 31, people who are on certain means-tested benefits will be eligible for the payments.
Each time the temperature drops to zero or below for a consecutive period of seven days, a payment will be triggered. Local weather stations across the country are used to determine which postcode areas are eligible for the payments.
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So far this year, around 300 postcodes have become eligible for payments. In 11 postcode areas, the threshold has been reached twice - so eligible people there will be owed two payments worth £50 in total.
The 11 postcode areas that are eligible for two payments are all in Cumbria. It is estimated that around 4,000 people will receive both payments after temperatures around the Lake District dipped below freezing last week.
Elsewhere, postcodes in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire and Yorkshire are all eligible for one payment worth £25.
You can use the interactive map below to check if your area is eligible for any Cold Weather Payments. Enter your postcode and it will tell you whether payments have been triggered where you live, and how many you are eligible for.
A total of more than 580,000 people have so far received a Cold Weather Payment this winter. Last year more than 5.5 million Cold