Full list of postcode areas getting £25 after DWP triggers first Cold Weather Payments of 2024

The DWP has triggered the first Cold Weather Payments of the year

Thousands of Brits are set to receive the first Cold Weather Payments of the year. Around 10,000 people are set to receive £25 towards their heating bills after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ordered the first set of payments.

The payments have been triggered in 19 postcode areas following forecasts of sub-zero temperatures. Cash will be made available for the seven-day period which started yesterday (Friday 12th January).

Freezing conditions are expected to grip large parts of the UK next week. It is likely other areas could also receive Cold Weather Payments in the coming days.

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Cold Weather Payments are given to people in England and Wales receiving a range of benefits. They are triggered during cold spells of weather between November 1 and March 31.

Almost 600,000 payments were issued in the first two weeks of December last year. More than 5.5 million Cold Weather Payments were made by the DWP last winter.

You could be eligible for the Cold Weather Payment 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.

You can see here if you are eligible. There are a number of factors which are taken into account by the DWP.

Weather experts say temperatures will drop in Cumbria, Northumberland and around the Scottish Borders. The latest payments have been made in areas covered by three weather stations – Shap, in Cumbria, Redesdale, in Northumberland, and Eskdalemuir, in the Scottish borders.

This will be the third payment this winter triggered by the Shap weather station, and the second payment for the other two areas. It is thought about 10,000 people will be eligible for the payments in these areas, with an estimated 6,000 in receipt of Pension Credit.

The full list of postcode areas set to receive a Cold Weather Payment for the period January 12 to January 18, 2024, are:

• CA10 Cliburn, Cumbria
• CA11 Catterlen, Cumbria
• CA12 Keswick, Cumbria
• CA16 Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria
• CA17 Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
• LA8 Kendal, Cumbria
• LA9 Kendal, Cumbria
• LA10 Sedbergh, Cumbria
• LA21 Coniston, Cumbria
• LA22 Lakes, Cumbria
• LA23 Windermere, Cumbria
• CA9 Alston, Cumbria
• DH8 Burnhope, County Durham
• NE19 Elsdon, Northumberland
• NE47 Allendale, Northumberland
• NE48 Bellingham, Northumberland
• NE49 Haltwhistle, Northumberland
• DG14 Dumfries border (parts in England)
• TD9 Scottish Borders (parts in England)