DWP triggers new Cold Weather Payments for 51 postcode areas, including some in North Yorkshire

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The DWP has triggered new Cold Weather Payments for people living in 51 postcode areas, it was announced today (Thursday).

Around 95,000 eligible households in these regions will receive a £25 payment towards the extra cost of heating their homes during the current cold snap. The new payments will cover 45 postcode areas around West Yorkshire. Eligible households in another six postcode districts in North Yorkshire and County Durham will also receive the payments.

The latest payments were triggered by a seven-day period of subzero temperatures in these areas which started on 4th January and extends until Saturday. The full list of new postcodes where payments were triggered on 4th January are listed below.

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BB4 Rawtenstall, Lancashire
BB8 Newchurch, Lancashire
BB9 Newchurch, Lancashire
BB10 Burnley, Lancashire
BB11 Burnley, Lancashire
BB12 Ightenhill, Lancashire
BB18 Salterforth, Lancashire
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

A total of more than 100,000 households have been eligible for Cold Weather Payments this winter so far. You can check payments for your postcode area on our interactive map here:

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: https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment/eligibility.

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