Cold Weather Payment triggered: Every Yorkshire postcode to get new DWP benefit

Paul Gallagher & Cullen Willis & Sebastian McCormick
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DWP has activated Cold Weather Payments for some areas
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A set of new cold weather payments has been triggered for postcodes across Yorkshire as temperatures have plummeted.

The new cold weather payments have been triggered for 51 postcodes across the North, including 45 around West Yorkshire including in Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield. Overall across every postcode, around 95,000 households will receive the payment.

Some households in North Yorkshire, Lancashire and County Durham will also receive the payments. Everyone receiving the benefit will get £25 towards the extra cost of heating their homes.

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You can find check cold weather payments in your area using the interactive map below.

The latest payments were triggered after sub-zero temperatures extended across the region for the past seven days, beginning on January 4 and lasting until Saturday.

The new postcodes added on January 4 are:

  • BD1 Bradford city centre

  • BD2 Eccleshill, Bradford

  • BD3 Barkerend, Bradford

  • BD4 Bierley, Bradford

  • BD5 Bankfoot, Bradford

  • BD6 Buttershaw, Bradford

  • BD7 Great Horton, Bradford

  • BD8 Manningham, Bradford

  • BD9 Frizinghall, Bradford

  • BD10 Apperley Bridge, Bradford

  • BD11 Adwalton, Bradford

  • BD12 Low Moor, Bradford

  • BD13 Queensbury, Bradford

  • BD14 Clayton, Bradford

  • BD15 Allerton, Bradford

  • BD16 Bingley

  • BD17 Shipley

  • BD18 Saltaire, Shipley

  • BD19 Cleckheaton

  • BD20 Keighley

  • BD21 Hainworth, Keighley

  • BD22 Cowling, Keighley

  • HD3 Huddersfield, Kirklees

  • HD7 Huddersfield, Kirklees

  • HD8 Kirkburton, Kirklees

  • HD9 Holme, Kirklees

  • HX1 Halifax, Calderdale

  • HX2 Halifax, Calderdale

  • HX3 Halifax, Calderdale

  • HX4 Halifax, Calderdale

  • HX5 Halifax, Calderdale

  • HX6 Halifax, Calderdale

  • HX7 Hebden Royd, Calderdale

  • LS21 Otley, Leeds

  • LS29 Ilkley, Bradford

  • OL13 Rawtenstall, Lancashire

  • OL14 Todmorden, Calderdale

  • S36 Hunshelf, Barnsley

  • BD23 Thorlby, North Yorkshire

  • BD24 Langcliffe, North Yorkshire

  • DL8 Spennithorne, North Yorkshire

  • DL11 Marske, North Yorkshire

  • DL12 Cotherstone, County Durham

  • DL13 Stanhope, County Durham

  • BB4 Rawtenstall, Lancashire

  • BB8 Newchurch, Lancashire

  • BB9 Newchurch, Lancashire

  • BB10 Burnley, Lancashire

  • BB11 Burnley, Lancashire

  • BB12 Ightenhill, Lancashire

  • BB18 Salterforth, Lancashire

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Cold Weather Payments are made to people in England and Wales who receive a range of benefits. A separate scheme is operated in Northern Ireland along similar lines but in Scotland the support for heating bills is paid every winter and not linked to specific spells of cold weather.

There are an estimated 3.9 million people eligible for Cold Weather Payments under the DWP scheme and of these 1.2 million are in receipt of Pensions Credit.

Last year there were 364,000 payments made across England and Wales at a total cost of £9.1 million. In some areas of Cumbria, the Cold Weather Payments were triggered three times during separate spells of freezing weather last winter, meaning eligible recipients were paid £75 in total.

The DWP says 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 all those receiving 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 are here.

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