Cold Weather Payment

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Eligibility

You may get Cold Weather Payments if you바카라 사이트™re getting:

  • Pension Credit
  • Income Support
  • income-based Jobseeker바카라 사이트™s Allowance (JSA)
  • income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • Universal Credit
  • Support for Mortgage Interest

If you live in Scotland, you cannot get Cold Weather Payments. You might get an annual instead.

Pension Credit

You바카라 사이트™ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Pension Credit.

Income Support and income-based Jobseeker바카라 사이트™s Allowance (JSA)

You바카라 사이트™ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Income Support or income-based Jobseeker바카라 사이트™s Allowance (JSA) and have any of the following:

  • a disability or pensioner premium
  • a child who is disabled
  • Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
  • a child under 5 living with you

You바카라 사이트™ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get income-related ESA and are in a work-related activity group or support group. If you바카라 사이트™re not in either group, you might also get Cold Weather Payments if you have any of the following:

  • a severe or enhanced disability premium
  • a pensioner premium
  • a child who is disabled
  • Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
  • a child under 5 living with you

Universal Credit

You바카라 사이트™ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Universal Credit and:

  • you are not employed or 바카라 사이트˜gainfully self-employed바카라 사이트™
  • your partner is not employed or 바카라 사이트˜gainfully self-employed바카라 사이트™ (if you have a partner)

You바카라 사이트™re likely to be considered 바카라 사이트˜gainfully self-employed바카라 사이트™ if being self-employed is your main job, you work regularly and expect to make a profit.

One of the following must also apply:

You바카라 사이트™ll also be eligible if you have a disabled child amount in your claim. It does not matter whether you or your partner are employed, self-employed or not working.

Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)

You바카라 사이트™ll usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) and you바카라 사이트™re treated as getting a qualifying benefit where one of the following applies:

  • a severe or enhanced disability premium
  • a pensioner premium
  • you have a child who is disabled
  • you get Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
  • you have a child under 5 living with you

You바카라 사이트™re usually treated as getting a qualifying benefit if you apply for it but do not receive it because your income is too high.

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