All the Midlands postcodes that will receive £25 DWP Cold Weather Payments
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be issuing a special payment to households across England and Wales due to the chilly weather. Cold Weather Payments have been triggered in more than 500 postcode areas.
The automatic payments are handed out to certain people if the average temperature in the areas where they live is recorded as, or forecast to be, 0C or below over seven consecutive days. Due to the cold weather last week, criteria for issuing the payments has been met.
Many parts of England and Wales are impacted - including the West Midlands, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. It is understood that the £25 payment will be made to about 950,000 households.
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You could be eligible for Cold Weather Payments if you receive Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit, Support for Mortgage Interest, Mirror reports.
Gov.uk says: "You’ll get £25 for each seven day period of very cold weather between November 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025."
Full list of Midlands postcode areas that will receive latest Cold Weather Payments
Coleshill weather station
B1 Birmingham
B2 Birmingham
B3 Birmingham
B4 Birmingham
B5 Birmingham
B6 Birmingham
B7 Birmingham
B8 Birmingham
B9 Birmingham
B10 Birmingham
B11 Birmingham
B12 Birmingham
B13 Birmingham
B14 Birmingham
B15 Birmingham
B16 Birmingham
B17 Birmingham
B18 Birmingham
B19 Birmingham
B20 Birmingham
B21 Birmingham
B23 Birmingham
B24 Birmingham
B25 Birmingham
B26 Birmingham
B27 Birmingham
B28 Birmingham
B29 Birmingham
B30 Birmingham
B31 Birmingham
B32 Birmingham
B33 Birmingham
B34 Birmingham
B35 Birmingham
B36 Castle Bromwich, Solihull
B37 Chelmsley Wood, Solihull
B38 Tees Grove, Birmingham
B40 Bickenhill, Solihull
B42 Birmingham
B43 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B44 Birmingham
B45 Birmingham
B46 Coleshill, Warwickshire
B47 Wythall, Worcestershire
B48 Alvechurch, Worcestershire
B49 Alcester, Warwickshire
B50 Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
B60 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
B61 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
B62 Hurst Green, Dudley
B63 Hurst Green, Dudley
B64 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B65 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B66 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B67 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B68 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B69 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B70 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B71 West Bromwich, Sandwell
B72 Birmingham
B73 Birmingham
B74 Birmingham
B75 Birmingham
B76 Birmingham
B77 Tamworth, Staffordshire
B78 Tamworth, Staffordshire
B79 Wigginton, Staffordshire
B80 Studley, Warwickshire
B90 Solihull
B91 Solihull
B92 Solihull
B93 Dorridge, Solihull
B94 Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire
B95 Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire
B96 Redditch, Worcestershire
B97 Redditch, Worcestershire
B98 Redditch, Worcestershire
CV1 Coventry
CV2 Coventry
CV3 Coventry
CV4 Coventry
CV5 Coventry
CV6 Coventry
CV7 Hawkes End, Coventry
CV8 Kenilworth, Warwickshire
CV9 Atherstone, Warwickshire
CV10 Nuneaton, Warwickshire
CV11 Nuneaton, Warwickshire
CV12 Bedworth, Warwickshire
CV21 Rugby, Warwickshire
CV22 Rugby, Warwickshire
CV23 Dunchurch, Warwickshire
CV31 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
CV32 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
CV33 Radford Semele, Warwickshire
CV34 Warwick, Warwickshire
CV35 Wasperton, Warwickshire
CV37 Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV47 Ladbroke, Warwickshire
DY1 Dudley
DY2 Dudley
DY3 Dudley
DY4 West Bromwich, Sandwell
DY5 Dudley
DY6 Dudley
DY7 Kinver, Staffordshire
DY8 Dudley
DY9 Dudley
DY10 Kidderminster, Worcestershire
DY11 Kidderminster, Worcestershire
DY12 Upper Arley, Worcestershire
DY13 Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
DY14 Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
LE10 Hinckley, Leicestershire
WS1 Walsall
WS2 Walsall
WS3 Willenhall, Walsall
WS4 Walsall
WS5 Walsall
WS6 Great Wyrley, Staffordshire
WS7 Burntwood, Staffordshire
WS8 Brownhills, Walsall
WS9 Aldridge, Walsall
WS10 West Bromwich, Sandwell
WS11 Cannock, Staffordshire
WS12 Cannock, Staffordshire
WS13 Lichfield, Staffordshire
WS14 Swinfen and Packington, Staffordshire
WS15 Brereton, Staffordshire
WV1 Wolverhampton
WV2 Wolverhampton
WV3 Wolverhampton
WV4 Wolverhampton
WV5 Wombourne, Staffordshire
WV6 Wolverhampton
WV7 Albrighton, Shropshire
WV8 Bilbrook, Staffordshire
WV9 Wolverhampton
WV10 Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
WV11 Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
WV12 Willenhall, Walsall
WV13 Willenhall, Walsall
WV14 Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
WV15 Bridgnorth, Shropshire
WV16 Chetton, Shropshire
Little Rissington weather station
CV36 Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
WR12 Broadway, Worcestershire
Keele weather station (49,000 households)
ST15 Stone, Staffordshire
ST16 Stafford, Staffordshire
ST17 Stafford, Staffordshire
ST18 Hopton, Staffordshire
ST19 Penkridge, Staffordshire
ST20 Gnosall, Staffordshire
ST21 Eccleshall, Staffordshire
Llysdinam weather station (4,000 households)
SY7 Hopesay, Shropshire
SY9Lydham, Shropshire
Shawbury weather station (27,000 households)
SY1 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
SY2 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
SY3 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
SY4 Myddle, Shropshire
SY5 Longden, Shropshire
SY6 Church Stretton, Shropshire
SY11 Oswestry, Shropshire
SY12 Ellesmere, Shropshire
SY13 Whitchurch Rural, Shropshire
TF1 Wellington, Telford and Wrekin
TF2 St Georges and Priorslee, Telford and Wrekin
TF3 Hollinswood, Telford and Wrekin
TF4 Telford, Telford and Wrekin
TF5 Wellington, Telford and Wrekin
TF6 Rodington, Telford and Wrekin
TF7 Madeley, Telford and Wrekin
TF8 The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin
TF9 Sutton upon Tern, Shropshire
TF10 Newport, Telford and Wrekin
TF11 Shifnal, Shropshire
TF12 Broseley, Shropshire
TF13 Much Wenlock, Shropshire