Cold Weather Payments of £25 issued to 10,000 Brits - full list of postcodes

15 January 2024 , 07:16

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Temperatures are plunging in the UK (Stock photo) (Image: Getty Images)

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ordered the first Cold Weather Payments of 2024 with around 10,000 people set to receive £25 towards their heating bills.

Forecasts of sub-zero temperatures in Cumbria, Northumberland and around the Scottish Borders have resulted in the payments being triggered in a total of 19 postcode areas. The payments will be made for the seven-day period which started yesterday, on January 12.

Large parts of the UK are forecast to be gripped by freezing weather next week and it is likely that other areas will also receive Cold Weather Payments in the coming days. The payments are made to people in England and Wales who receive a range of benefits and are triggered during cold spells between November 1 and March 31.

Around 10,000 people will receive the payment (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Nearly 600,000 payments were issued during a spell of wintry weather in the first two weeks of December last year. In total, more than 5.5 million Cold Weather Payments were made by the DWP during last winter.

Those claiming the following benefits may be eligible for the Cold Weather Payment: Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit, Support for Mortgage Interest. Not everyone on these benefits will automatically receive a Cold Weather Payment. There are a number of factors which will determine whether a payment will be made and full details of those eligible can be found on the government's website.

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You will get a payment if the average temperature where you live hits zero degrees or below over seven consecutive days. The payments are worth £25 per seven-day period, and the cash is paid within 14 working days.

The latest payments have been made in areas which are covered by three weather stations, Shap in Cumbria, Redesdale in Northumberland and Eskdalemuir, which is in the Scottish borders. It will be the third payment this winter triggered by the Shap weather station, and the second payment for the other two areas.

In total, there will be around 10,000 people eligible for the payments in these three areas, with an estimated 6,000 of these in receipt of Pension Credit. The full list of postcode areas which will receive a Cold Weather Payment for the period 12 January - 18 January 2024 are:

• CA10 Cliburn, Cumbria
• CA11 Catterlen, Cumbria
• CA12 Keswick, Cumbria
• CA16 Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria
• CA17 Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
• LA8 Kendal, Cumbria
• LA9 Kendal, Cumbria
• LA10 Sedbergh, Cumbria
• LA21 Coniston, Cumbria
• LA22 Lakes, Cumbria
• LA23 Windermere, Cumbria
• CA9 Alston, Cumbria
• DH8 Burnhope, County Durham
• NE19 Elsdon, Northumberland
• NE47 Allendale, Northumberland
• NE48 Bellingham, Northumberland
• NE49 Haltwhistle, Northumberland
• DG14 Dumfries border (parts in England)
• TD9 Scottish Borders (parts in England)

Paul Gallagher