DWP triggers Cold Weather Payments for 47 more postcodes after 51 yesterday
The Department for Work and Pensions has triggered Cold Weather Payments for 47 MORE postcodes after 51 were activated yesterday. The update comes after payments were triggered for 51 postcode areas in Yorkshire yesterday.
Eligible individuals receive £25 for each seven-day stretch of low temperatures, with these DWP payments available until 31 March. The funds are deposited directly into bank accounts within 14 days of a postcode being triggered.
Payments are made automatically, so there's no need to apply. You usually qualify for a cold weather payment once temperatures have dropped and if you're on certain benefits. These are: Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based jobseeker's allowance (JSA), income-related employment and support allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit.
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You can also get the payments if you receive support for mortgage interest. But depending on each benefit, there are other criteria you might have to fulfil to be eligible.
The 19 postcode areas in Northumberland and County Durham with 141,000 households eligible for payments:
DH1 Durham, County Durham
DH6 Shadforth, County Durham
DH7 Esh, County Durham
DH9 Stanley, County Durham
DL4 Shildon, County Durham
DL5 Great Aycliffe, County Durham
DL14 Bishop Auckland
DL15 Crook, County Durham
DL16 Spennymoor, County Durham
DL17 Ferryhill, County Durham
NE18 Stamfordham, Northumberland
NE20 Ponteland, Northumberland
NE44 Broomhaugh and Riding, Northumberland
NE45 Corbridge, Northumberland
NE46 Hexham, Northumberland
TS21 Sedgefield, County Durham
TS28 Hutton Henry, County Durham
TS29 Trimdon, County Durham
The 14 postcode areas in Staffordshire and Derbyshire (11,000 households eligible) are:
ST8 Biddulph, Staffordshire
ST11 Forsbrook, Staffordshire
DE4 Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
DE45 Bakewell, Derbyshire
S32 Grindleford, Derbyshire
S33 Aston, Derbyshire
SK13 Glossop, Derbyshire
SK17 King Sterndale, Derbyshire
SK22 New Mills, Derbyshire
SK23 Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire
ST9 Bagnall, Staffordshire
ST10 Cheadle, Staffordshire
ST13 Leek, Staffordshire
DE6 Osmaston, Derbyshire
The four postcode areas in Northumberland (3,000 households eligible) are:
NE71 Akeld, Northumberland
TD5 Scottish Borders (parts in England)
TD12 Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland
TD15 Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
The ten postcode areas in mid Wales (5,000 households eligible) are:
LL20 Llangollen, Denbighshire
LL21 Corwen, Denbighshire
LL23 Bala, Gwynedd
SY10 Oswestry Rural, Shropshire
SY15 Montgomery, Powys
SY16 Llanllwchaiarn, Powys
SY17 Caersws, Powys
SY19 Llanbrynmair, Powys
SY21 Castle Caereinion, Powys
SY22 Llansantffraid, Powys