DWP Cold Weather Payment full list of areas as 47 more postcodes added
A further 47 postcodes have been added to the list of areas covered by the DWP's Cold Weather Payments. The DWP pays £25 to eligible households in England and Wales every time the temperatures falls below 0C for a period of seven consecutive days.
The extra cash is aimed at helping the most vulnerable people heat their homes during periods of extreme cold weather. On Thursday, the DWP confirmed that households in 51 areas would be getting payments, and today, the department has confirmed payments for a further 47 areas - reports the MEN.
Nearly 150,000 households across the 47 new areas - which include parts of Wales, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, County Durham and Northumberland - are expected to get a payment. The payments were triggered on January 9 and 10.
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The previous payments announced on Thursday cover postcode areas around West Yorkshire, including Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield, and extend into parts of East Lancashire, including Burnley, as well as areas of North Yorkshire and County Durham.
The first Cold Weather Payments of the year were announced on January 3, and covered 18 postcodes areas in Cumbria and Northumberland.
Cold Weather Payments are made to people in England and Wales who receive certain benefits, such as Pension Credit, Income Support and Universal Credit. There are an estimated 3.9 million people eligible for Cold Weather Payments under the DWP scheme.
Payments are triggered when the temperature is recorded as or forecast to be 0C or below for a period of seven consecutive days. The scheme runs every winter between November and March.
Last winter, there were 364,000 payments made across England and Wales at a total cost of £9.1 million.
Full list of postcodes due DWP Cold Weather Payment for January 9th to 16th
DH1
DH6
DH7
DH8
DH9
DL4
DL5
DL14
DL15
DL16
DL17
NE18
NE20
NE44
NE45
NE46
TS21
TS28
TS29
DE4
DE6
DE45
S32
S33
SK13
SK17
SK22
SK23
ST8
ST9
ST10
ST11
ST13
Full list of postcodes due DWP Cold Weather Payment for January 10th to 17th
NE71
TD5
TD12
TD15
LL20
LL21
LL23
SY10
SY15
SY16
SY17
SY19
SY21
SY22
Full list of postcodes getting DWP Cold Weather Payment for January 4th to 11th
BD23
BD24
DL8
DL11
DL12
DL13
BB4
BB8
BB9
BB10
BB11
BB12
BB18
BD1
BD2
BD3
BD4
BD5
BD6
BD7
BD8
BD9
BD10
BD11
BD12
BD13
BD14
BD15
BD16
BD17
BD18
BD19
BD20
BD21
BD22
HD3
HD7
HD8
HD9
HX1
HX2
HX3
HX4
HX5
HX6
HX7
LS21
LS29
OL13
OL14
S36
Full list of postcodes getting DWP Cold Weather Payment for January 2nd to 9th
DG14
TD9
CA9
NE19
NE47
NE48
NE49
CA10
CA11
CA12
CA16
CA17
LA8
LA9
LA10
LA21
LA22
LA23