Hundreds of homes in 18 postcodes will receive Cold Weather Payments as temperatures plummet, a day before snow warnings are in place for the majority of the country
Cold weather payments: Everything you need to know
Several household will get a cash boost as Cold Weather Payments have been triggered in 18 areas of England as temperatures took a dive before a snowy weekend.
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) pays £25 to eligible households when conditions drop between November and March. Payments are triggered when the temperature is recorded as or forecast to be 0C or below for seven consecutive days, as it has recently.
As a result, several postcodes have been triggered the extra cash with 18 postcode areas in the north of England eligible for a £25 payment. The homes are in Cumbria, Northumberland or along the Scottish border, MEN reported.
The payments are expected to land in accounts in the next two weeks after an icy spell hit the UK overnight, with temperatures nearly plunging below minus 8C in some parts of Scotland and northern England. On Saturday from noon until midnight, a yellow warning for snow and ice covers all of England except the south-west and the whole of Wales.
The DWP explains: “DWP’s Cold Weather Payments are an automatic bank top-up of £25, triggered to be paid to eligible households when the average temperature has been recorded as, or is forecast to be, zero degrees Celsius or below for seven consecutive days at the weather station linked to an eligible person’s postcode.
“The £25 payments will be paid automatically to households receiving certain benefits including, Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit and Support for Mortgage Interest. The money will appear in bank statements within 14 days of each seven-day period of very cold weather between 1 November 2024 and 31 March 2025, with the payment reference starting with the customer’s national Insurance number followed by ‘DWP CWP’ for people in England and Wales.”
The cold weather is expected to continue over the weekend as, according to the Met Office, snow will ‘accumulate’ from Friday evening and continue into Sunday before turning to rain in central and southern areas of England. In northern England, significant amounts of snow could fall throughout Sunday.
Met Office Chief Forecaster Jason Kelly warned: “This weekend will bring a range of weather hazards to the UK, notable snow accumulations, freezing rain, ice and heavy rain as well as some gusty conditions. We have issued a number of severe weather warnings, including Amber warnings for snow and ice in parts of England and Wales.
Full list of postcode areas getting a DWP Cold Weather Payment for January 2 to 9:
- Eskdalemuir: DG14, TD9
- Resdale: CA9, NE19, NE47, NE48, NE49
- Shap: CA10, CA11, CA12, CA16, CA17, LA8, LA9, LA10, LA21, LA22, LA23
