Cold Weather Payment
Eligibility
You may get Cold Weather Payments if you鈥檙e getting:
- Pension Credit
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Universal Credit
- Support for Mortgage Interest
If you live in Scotland, you cannot get Cold Weather Payments. You might get an annual instead.
Pension Credit
You鈥檒l usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Pension Credit.
Income Support and income-based Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance (JSA)
You鈥檒l usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Income Support or income-based Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance (JSA) and have any of the following:
- a disability or pensioner premium
- a child who is disabled
- Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
- a child under 5 living with you
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
You鈥檒l usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get income-related ESA and are in a work-related activity group or support group. If you鈥檙e not in either group, you might also get Cold Weather Payments if you have any of the following:
- a severe or enhanced disability premium
- a pensioner premium
- a child who is disabled
- Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
- a child under 5 living with you
Universal Credit
You鈥檒l usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Universal Credit and:
- you are not employed or 鈥榞ainfully self-employed鈥�
- your partner is not employed or 鈥榞ainfully self-employed鈥� (if you have a partner)
You鈥檙e likely to be considered 鈥榞ainfully self-employed鈥� if being self-employed is your main job, you work regularly and expect to make a profit.
One of the following must also apply:
- you or your partner have a health condition or disability and have limited capability for work (with or without work-related activity)
- you have a child under 5 living with you
You鈥檒l also be eligible if you have a disabled child amount in your claim. It does not matter whether you or your partner are employed, self-employed or not working.
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)
You鈥檒l usually get Cold Weather Payments if you get Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) and you鈥檙e treated as getting a qualifying benefit where one of the following applies:
- a severe or enhanced disability premium
- a pensioner premium
- you have a child who is disabled
- you get Child Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
- you have a child under 5 living with you
You鈥檙e usually treated as getting a qualifying benefit if you apply for it but do not receive it because your income is too high.