HUNDREDS of thousands of households in 149 postcodes are due cold weather payments after Storm Isha.
The cash payments are made in locations where residents experience continuous below-zero weather.
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Households can get £25 during each seven-day period of low temperatures from now until March 31.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hands out the extra cash to households on low incomes.
Those eligible will have the cash paid directly into their bank accounts within 14 days of the payments being triggered.
The money is paid automatically – you don’t need to apply – and includes those on Universal Credit and pension credit.
We’ve listed all the postcodes that are now eligible for at least one cold weather payment worth £25.
You can also check if a payment is due in your area by entering your postcode in the government’s cold weather payment checker.
Here’s a list of the 149 postcodes eligible for cold weather payments since Friday, January, 20.
January 20
Bolton – BL0-9
Brighton – BN5-6, BN44
Carlisle – CA1-8
Dumfries and Galloway – DG12, DG16
Guildford – GU5-6
Llandrindod Wells – LD1-2, LD4-8
Manchester – M24, M26
Oldham – OL1-12, OL15-16
Redhill – RH1-20
Rochester – ME6, ME14-20
Shrewsbury – SY7, SY9, SY18
Stockport – SK15
Swansea – SA19-20
Tunbridge Wells – TN1-20, TN22, TN27
January 21
Cambridge – CB8-9
Colchester – CO1-8, CO16
Ipswich – IP1-23, IP29-33
Prio to this, thousands became eligible for up to three payments worth £75 after hundreds more postcodes were triggered between November 28 and January 13:
November 28
Blackburn – BB4, BB8-12, BB18
Bolton – BL0-9
Bradford – BD1-24
Carlisle – CA1-12, CA16-CA17
Cleveland – TS21, TS28-29
Crewe – CW4, CW6-11
Darlington – DL4-5, DL8, DL11-17
Dumfries and Galloway – DG16
Durham – DH1-9
Halifax – HX1-7
Huddersfield – HD3, HD7-9
Lancaster – LA8-LA10, LA21-LA23
Leeds – LS21, LS29
Manchester – M1-9, M11-35, M38, M4-46, M50, M90
Newcastle upon Tyne – NE1-13, NE15-21, NE23, NE25-49
Oldham – OL1-16
Preston – PR7
Sheffield – S36
Shrewsbury – SY1-6, SY11-13
Stockport – SK1-12, SK14-16
Sunderland – SR1-7
Telford – TF1-13
Warrington – WA1-16
Wigan – WN1-8
Yorkshire – YO13, YO18, YO21-22, YO62
December 5
Newcastle upon Tyne – NE71
Galashiels – TD9, TD12, TD15
Derby – DE4, DE45
Sheffield – S32-33
Stockport – SK13, SK17, SK22-23
Stoke-on-Trent – ST9, ST10, ST13
December 8
Carlisle – CA10-12, CA16-17
Lancaster – LA8-10, LA21-23
January 12
Carlisle – CA9-12, CA16-17
Durham – DH8
Newcastle – NE19, NE47-49
Lancaster – LA8-10, LA21-23
January 13
Blackburn – BB4, BB8-12, BB18
Bradford – BD23-24
Cambridge – CB6-7
Cardiff – CF37-48, CF81-83
Cleveland – TS21, TS28-29
Darlington – DL4-5, DL8, DL11-17
Derby – DE4, DE45
Durham – DH1-9
Galashiels – TD12, TD15
Halifax – HX1-7
Hemel Hempstead – HP5-23, HP27
Huddersfield – HD3, HD7-9
Ipswich – IP24-28
Leeds – LS21, LS29
Llandrindod Wells – LD4
Newcastle – NE1-13, NE15-18, NE20-21, NE23, NE25-46, NE71
Newport – NP4, NP11, NP12, NP13, NP22-24, NP44
Oldham – OL13-14
Oxford – OX9-10, OX33, OX39, OX44, OX49
Peterborough – PE12-14, PE30-38
Reading – RG9
Sheffield – S32-33, S36
Slough – SL7-9
Stockport – SK13, SK17, SK22-23
Stoke-on-Trent – ST9-10, ST13
Sunderland – SR1-7
Swansea – SA9
York – YO13, YO18, YO21, YO22, YO62
Who is eligible for cold weather payments?
Households are eligible for the extra cash if they are getting the following:
Universal Credit
Income-based jobseeker’s allowance
Income-related employment and support allowance
Support for mortgage interest
Depending on your specific circumstances, you may also need to meet one or more of the following additional criteria:
Have a disability or be in receipt of pension premium
Have a child who is disabled
Be in receipt of child tax credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
Have a severe or enhanced disability premium
Be in receipt of a limited capability for work amount
Have a child under five living with you
You can find out more about eligibility on the government’s website.
Getting the cold weather payment doesn’t affect any other benefits you get.
If you’re eligible, you should get the payments automatically within 14 days, into the same account where you get your benefit payments.
But if you think you should get the payment and haven’t, then contact your pension centre or Jobcentre Plus office, or call the Universal Credit helpline on 0800 328 5644.
If you’re getting Universal Credit, you can also sign in to your account and add a note to your journal.