DWP Cold Weather Payments mapped - all the postcode areas in England and Wales eligible for £25 cash
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will pay £25 to eligible households in areas where the temperatures has dropped to 0C or below for seven consecutive days.
Since the start of the new year, Cold Weather Payments have been triggered in 116 postcode areas located in England and Wales. To be eligible for the one-off payments, households need to be claiming certain benefits from the DWP.
The extra cash boost of £25 is to help the most vulnerable households keep their homes warm during periods of extreme cold weather. Qualifying benefits include Universal Credit, Income Support and Pension Credit among others.
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Temperatures have plummeted in recent days leaving many areas facing sub-zero temperatures, with a low of -11.2C recorded in Cumbria on Friday night.
When temperatures are forecast to be, or recorded as, 0C or lower for a period of seven days in a row, Cold Weather Payments are triggered for the postcode areas covered by that weather station. So far this year, areas of Cumbria, Northumberland, Lancashire, Wales, Derbyshire and Yorkshire are among the places that temperatures have reached the threshold for payments to be made.
The Cold Weather Payment scheme runs each year, between November and March. According to the DWP, there are an estimated 3.9 million people eligible for the one-off payments. The threshold may be met several times over the winter months, meaning some postcode areas may get multiple payments.
Our interactive map below shows which areas of England and Wales are expecting payments so far this winter.
According to the Met Office, the cold snap is now coming to an end with milder temperatures set to arrive in the UK this week. It means that is likely to be it for Cold Weather Payments for now, unless more sub-zero temperatures arrive before the end of March.
Temperatures will reach 12C or 13C in northern areas on Tuesday, causing snow to thaw, the weather agency said. However in the south of the country, there will be a more gradual recovery from the cold snap, with temperatures staying at around 8C.
It will be cloudy for the vast majority, but some sunshine is possible in southern coastal districts of England and eastern areas of Scotland, according to forecasts. Northern and western areas of the country could see some rain and drizzle as the week goes on.
Met Office spokesperson Andrea Bishop said: "There’s a north-south divide this week, with temperatures significantly milder across the north, with a more gradual recovery in the south. This will bring some thawing of lying snow in the north and some rain, whilst it will largely be drier in the south.
"After a very mild night in Scotland and Northern Ireland, we could wake to see some patchy frost in the south on Tuesday morning. The best of any sunshine will be on southern coastal districts of England, although eastern areas of Scotland may also see some brightness, but it will generally be a cloudy day for the vast majority.
"Temperatures will range from 8C in the south to 12C or 13C in the north. Northern and western areas see more in way of rain and drizzle this week, but for many of us, it should be a more settled week than of late. There is the risk of some mist and fog lingering in more southern areas, which we are keeping an eye on."
Temperatures plummeted to -18.9C on Saturday morning in Altnaharra, Scotland - the UK’s coldest January temperature in 15 years. The average low in northern Scotland for this time of year is about 0.3C, while for England, overnight lows are about 1.5C to 1.6C.
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