DWP Cold Weather Payments: When you will get them and who is eligible

Households across England can get extra help paying their heating bills when temperatures fall below a certain point.

Cold Weather Payments, which are paid by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), are a £25 one-off payment given to people who claim certain benefits when it gets especially cold.

The scheme runs between November and March each year and is usually paid out during periods of very cold weather.

The first Cold Weather Payments of the year were triggered at the start of the month after areas in the north of England saw temperatures drop during the recent cold snap.

According to the DWP, a total of 18 postcode areas in England are due payments for the period January 2 to January 9. Cold Weather Payments were previously triggered in mid-November.

To check if your postcode will be getting a payment, you can use the DWP’s postcode checker on the gov.uk website here.

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Who is eligible for a Cold Weather Payment?

People on certain benefits will receive the cash. The following benefits qualify for the Cold Weather Payments:

Pension Credit
Income Support
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Universal Credit
Support for Mortgage Interest

To qualify, you must live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. People in Scotland do not qualify for Cold Weather Payments.

When are Cold Weather Payments paid?

Eligible households will get £25 for each seven day period of very cold weather between 1 November 2024 and 31 March 2025. The temperature must be below 0C, or forecast to be less than freezing during this period.

How will you know if you have get one – and what do you need to do?

DWP’s Cold Weather Payments are an automatic bank top-up. The money will appear in bank statements within 14 days of each seven-day period of very cold weather, with the payment reference starting with the customer’s national Insurance number followed by ‘DWP CWP’

If you think you should have got a payment, but have not received it, tell the Pension Service or Jobcentre Plus. If you’re getting Universal Credit, sign in to your account and add a note to your journal.

Full list of postcodes getting DWP Cold Weather Payment for January 2nd to 9th

DG14
TD9
CA9
NE19
NE47
NE48
NE49
CA10
CA11
CA12
CA16
CA17
LA8
LA9
LA10
LA21
LA22

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