Cold weather payment

If you're on a low income, a Cold Weather Payment may be available to help you for each week of very cold weather in your area. Cold weather payments have now been triggered for one period in Southampton.

You may be eligible for a Cold Weather Payment for each week of very cold weather in your area if you get Pension Credit or income-related Employment and Support Allowance with a support or work related activity component in the main phase.

You may also be eligible for a Cold Weather Payment for each qualifying week if you are getting Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance in the assessment phase and have one of the following:

• a pensioner premium, higher pensioner premium or enhanced pensioner premium
• a disability premium, enhanced disability premium or severe disability premium
• a disabled child premium
• Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
• a child who is under five in the family

This year you will get £25 when the average temperature where you live is recorded as, or forecast to be:
• Zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days - During the period from 1 November to 31 March. (Specified Meteorological Office weather stations are used to obtain this information).

To find out if your area is due to receive a cold weather payment, you can now use the postcode search on the government's web site to find out if your area is due to receive payment triggered by cold weather. See the link below 'Post Code Search'.