DWP pays out more than £4million to Cold Weather Payment postcodes
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New anaylsis of government statistics has found that more than £4million has been distributed in 161,000 Cold Weather Payments this winter so far. The DWP scheme, which provides £25 payments to eligible households when local weather station records temperatures at or below 0C for seven consecutive days, has already been triggered 12 times due to sub-zero conditions, according to Uswitch.com's number-crunching.
These payments are automatically sent within 14 working days of the trigger event. Households may qualify if they receive certain benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), such as Pension Credit. This winter, the scheme has been activated twice in postcode areas including Penrith in Cumbria, Otterburn, Northumberland and Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway. Areas where the scheme has been triggered once include Alnwick, Northumberland; Bradford, West Yorkshire; Leek, Staffordshire; Hawes, North Yorkshire; Duns, Scottish Borders; and Llanwddyn, Powys.
Cold Weather Payment areas so far this winter. Location. Triggers this winter. Penrith, Cumbria. Redesdale. Otterburn, Northumberland. Eskdalemuir. Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway. Albemarle. Alnwick, Northumberland. Bingley. Bradford, West Yorkshire. Leek, Staffordshire. Bainbridge.
Hawes, North Yorkshire. Charterhall. Duns, Scottish Borders. Lake Vyrnwy. Llanwddyn, Powys. Despite the cold snap this January, only nine areas met the criteria for the Cold Weather Payments. The 12 triggers this winter are the lowest amount of payments for this point in the year since 2021/22, when the allowance was triggered only six times in the whole winter.
