Answers · Benefit
Who can get Cold Weather Payment?
£25 for each 7-day period of very cold weather in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, if a qualifying benefit is in payment. It is paid automatically. Scotland uses Winter Heating Payment instead.
- Paid by Department for Work and Pensions.
- The catalogue looks for: England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
- The catalogue looks for: A qualifying benefit.
- The catalogue looks for: A cold-weather trigger at that weather station.
- This is not a decision. The department or the council decides.
Department for Work and Pensions
Indicative only. Not advice. Confirm it on the official page before you rely on it.