Winter Fuel Payment: DWP confirms the last date pensioners can expect £600 payment | Personal Finance | Finance

The final date for the £600 winter fuel payments to be made has been confirmed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Most eligible pensioners should have received the one-off payment by January 13.

Some 11.6 million pensioners are in-line for Winter Fuel Payments, with many having received their already.

However the (DWP) has confirmed the payments will continue into January.

Eligible individuals who haven’t been paid the boost by January 13, 2023, should contact the Winter Fuel Payment Centre online or by phoning 0800 731 0160.

The Winter Fuel Payment is administered to people born before September 26, 1956. Eligible people could get between £250 and £600 to help pay the heating bills.

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The amount someone will get includes a ‘Pensioner Cost of Living Payment’. This is between £150 and £300. Individuals will only get this extra amount in winter 2022 to 2023.

This is in addition to any other Cost of Living Payments they get with their benefit or tax credits.

It is an annual tax-free benefit designed to help with heating costs through the colder months.

Most people who are eligible get it automatically. For example if they receive the state pension or certain benefits.

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UK Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said: “As the cold weather bites, it is good to be able to confirm that over 99 percent of eligible pensioners have already received as much as £600 to help with their energy bills this winter.

“These payments are just one part of the wider support package we are delivering to help with rising bills, with additional help to follow next year, including the biggest state pension increase in history.”

Winter Fuel Payments are boosted this year by an additional £300 per household as part of an extensive UK Government package helping people of all ages with the cost of heating their homes over the colder months.

This includes providing households with £400 towards their energy bills, with the UK Government’s £2,500 Energy Price Guarantee saving the typical household another £900 on top of this.

Rollout of the Winter Fuel Payment began on November 23. People will get, or may have already received, a letter telling them how much they’ll get and an estimated payment date.

According to the DWP, the amount that Britons receive is based on a variety of different general circumstances:

Born Between September 26, 1942, and September 25, 1956

  • People qualify and live alone (or none of the people you live with qualify) – £500
  • People qualify and live with someone under 80 who also qualifies – £250
  • People qualify and live with someone 80 or over who also qualifies – £250
  • People qualify and live with a partner who qualifies, and either of they gets certain benefits – £500
  • People qualify and live with someone (not your partner) who qualifies, and either of them gets certain benefits – £500
  • People qualify, live in a care home and do not get certain benefits – £250

Born on or before 25 September 1942

  • People qualify and live alone (or none of the people you live with qualify) – £600
  • People qualify and live with someone under 80 who also qualifies – £350
  • People qualify and live with someone 80 or over who also qualifies – £300
  • People qualify and live with a partner who qualifies, and either of you gets certain benefits – £600
  • People qualify and live with someone (not your partner) who qualifies, and either of you gets certain benefits – £600
  • People qualify, live in a care home and do not get certain benefits – £300

Eligible people will be paid between £250 and £600, with the payment including a Pensioner Cost of Living Payment, of between £150 and £300.

individuals can receive the Winter Fuel Payment if they were born before September 26, 1956. They may also be able to claim if they live abroad.

  • Someone might still get the payment if both the following apply:
  • They live in Switzerland or a European Economic Area (EEA) country;
  • They have a genuine and sufficient link to the UK – this can include having lived or worked in the UK, and having family in the UK.

The payment is made to individuals, rather than households. However, people will receive less money if they live with someone who also qualifies.

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