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The payment will be the first of three totalling up to £900 for means-tested benefits claimants, as part of the Government’s cost-of-living support.
DWP data shows that in the week of 18 November, the average processing time for a Pension Credit application was 65 working days, or 13 weeks, up from 9 weeks at the end of July.
Following the changes to the winter fuel payment, the take up rate for pension credit lifted from 63 per cent to 65, as 220,000 pensioners put in their applications.
Winter Fuel Payment is not available to people living in Scotland, as the Scottish government plans to introduce a Pension Age Winter Heating Payment to replace it. "For winter 2024–2025, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has committed to make payments this winter to eligible pensioners in Scotland on terms equivalent to Winter Fuel ...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for welfare , pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million ...
No money is paid for the first week. After that, the basic allowance is paid to the claimant until their Work Capability Assessment (WCA) at - in theory - week 13, after which a successful claimant might receive an enhanced level of payment (depending on the level of disability and whether they enter the work-related activity group or the support group after their assessment).
They will include a first cost-of-living payment of £301 made in spring 2023; a £150 disability payment during summer 2023; a £300 second cost-of-living payment in autumn 2003; a £300 ...
Thousands of benefit claimants will be receiving the DWP Christmas bonus this winter, designed to give a cash boost around the festive season. The annual £10 payment is made automatically before ...