Winter Fuel Payment

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Check if you need to claim

Most people get the Winter Fuel Payment automatically if they바카라 사이트檙e eligible.

You do not need to claim if you get any of the following:

  • State Pension
  • Pension Credit
  • Universal Credit
  • Attendance Allowance
  • Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
  • Carer바카라 사이트檚 Allowance
  • Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
  • Income Support
  • income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • income-based Jobseeker바카라 사이트檚 Allowance (JSA)
  • awards from the War Pensions Scheme
  • Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
  • Incapacity Benefit
  • Industrial Death Benefit

If you do not get any of these, you need to claim if either of the following apply:

  • you바카라 사이트檝e not got the Winter Fuel Payment before
  • you바카라 사이트檝e deferred your State Pension since your last Winter Fuel Payment

How to claim

You can claim Winter Fuel Payment by:

  • post - from 15 September 2025
  • phone - from 13 October 2025

The deadline for you to make a claim for winter 2025 to 2026 is 31 March 2026.

Claim by post

Fill in a Winter Fuel Payment claim form and send it to the Winter Fuel Payment Centre.

Winter Fuel Payment Centre
Mail Handling Site A
Wolverhampton
WV98 1LR

Claim by phone

Call the Winter Fuel Payment Centre to claim by phone.

Winter Fuel Payment Centre

Telephone: 0800 731 0160
Textphone: contact on 18001 then 0800 731 0160
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Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
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What to prepare before you call

Before you call, you will need to know:

  • your National Insurance number
  • your bank or building society details
  • the date you were married or entered into a civil partnership (if appropriate)

Payments cannot be made into a National Savings and Investments (NS&I) account unless you already get other benefits paid into the account.

You바카라 사이트檒l also need to say whether during the qualifying week of 15 to 21 September 2025 you were:

  • in hospital getting free in-patient treatment
  • in a residential care home or Ilford Park Resettlement Home
  • in prison

If you disagree with a decision

You can challenge a decision about your claim. This is called asking for mandatory reconsideration.

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