Cold Weather Payments are made to people in England and Wales who receive a range of benefits and are worth £25 when the temperature falls
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today triggered Cold Weather Payments in nearly 250 postcode areas in England and Wales.
It comes as the Met Office issues a flurry of winter weather warnings for this week. Over half a million households will be eligible for the payments, which will see them receive £25 towards the cost of heating their homes.
The new payments have been triggered today in a total of 246 postcode areas, including Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Staffordshire, Gloucestershire and parts of Wales and Northern Ireland.
The full list of postcodes to receive the payments triggered today is:
- CA1, CA2, CA3, CA4, CA5, CA6, CA7, CA8, DG16, BH1, BH2, BH3, BH4, BH5, BH6, BH7, BH8, BH9, BH10, BH11, BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH16, BH17, BH18, BH19, BH20, BH21, BH22, BH23, BH24, BH25, BH31, DT1, DT2, DT11, SP6, CW1, CW2, CW3, CW5, CW12, SK10, SK11, ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST12, ST14, ST15, ST16, ST17, ST18, ST19, ST20, ST21,CV36, GL54, GL55, GL56, OX7, OX15, OX16, OX17, WR12, LD1, LD2, LD4, LD5, LD6, LD7, LD8, SA19, SA20, SY7, SY9, SY18, BL0, BL1, BL2, BL3, BL4, BL5, BL6, BL7, BL8, BL9, M24, M26, OL1, OL2, OL3, OL4, OL5, OL6, OL7, OL8, OL9, OL10, OL11, OL12, OL15, OL16, SK15, CW4, CW6, CW7, CW8, CW9, CW10, CW11, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9, M11, M12, M13, M14, M15, M16, M17, M18, M19, M20, M21, M22, M23, M25, M27, M28, M29, M30, M31, M32, M33, M34, M35, M38, M40, M41, M43, M44, M45, M46, M50, M90, PR7, SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4, SK5, SK6, SK7, SK8, SK9, SK12, SK14, SK16, WA1, WA2, WA3, WA4, WA5, WA6, WA7, WA8, WA9, WA10, WA11, WA12, WA13, WA14, WA15, WA16, WN1, WN2, WN3, WN4, WN5, WN6, WN7, WN8, SY1, SY2, SY3, SY4, SY5, SY6, SY11, SY12, SY13, TF1, TF2, TF3, TF4, TF5, TF6, TF7, TF8, TF9, TF10, TF11, TF12, TF13, LE15, NN14, NN15, NN16, NN17, NN18, PE1, PE2, PE3, PE4, PE5, PE6, PE7, PE8, PE9, PE15, PE16, PE26, PE27, PE28, PE29, BT24, BT25, BT26, BT30, BT31, BT32, BT33, BT34.
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.
So far this winter there have been £25 payments triggered for 697 postcode areas, which includes 18 districts which have received two payments as the current cold snap has lasted two weeks in those areas.
The latest payments today will be sent to an estimated 532,000 households, including around 336,000 in Greater Manchester. It means the total cost to the taxpayer of the Cold Weather Payments triggered today alone will be £13.3m.
For England and Wales, a payment is triggered whenever an area is forecast to record average temperatures below zero on seven consecutive days. Forecasters are predicting a spell of cold weather heading into the New Year with subzero temperatures expected in many areas.
There are an estimated 3.9 million people eligible for Cold Weather Payments under the pensions > DWP scheme and of these 1.2 million are in receipt of Pensions Credit.
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 on GOV.UK.
Payments of £25 are made directly into recipients’ bank accounts within 14 working days, appearing with a payment reference including the customer’s National Insurance number followed by ‘DWP CWP’. You do not need to apply for this payment.
Triggered by Rochdale weather station (an estimated total of 95,000 eligible households)
- BL0 Ramsbottom, Bury
- BL1 Bolton
- BL2 Bolton
- BL3 Bolton
- BL4 Bolton
- BL5 Westhoughton, Bolton
- BL6 Horwich, Bolton
- BL7 Bolton
- BL8 Bury
- BL9 Bury
- M24 Middleton, Rochdale
- M26 Bury
- OL1 Oldham
- OL10 Heywood, Rochdale
- OL11 Rochdale
- OL12 Rochdale
- OL15 Rochdale
- OL16 Rochdale
- OL2 Shaw, Oldham
- OL3 Saddleworth, Oldham
- OL4 Oldham
- OL5 Mossley, Tameside
- OL6 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
- OL7 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
- OL8 Oldham
- OL9 Oldham
- SK15 Tameside
Triggered by Rostherne weather station (an estimated total of 241,000 eligible households)
- CW10 Middlewich, Cheshire East
- CW11 Sandbach, Cheshire East
- CW4 Holmes Chapel, Cheshire East
- CW6 Tarporley, Cheshire West And Chester
- CW7 Winsford, Cheshire West And Chester
- CW8 Weaverham, Cheshire West And Chester
- CW9 Northwich, Cheshire West And Chester
- M1 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M11 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M12 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M13 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M14 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M15 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M16 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M17 Urmston, Trafford
- M18 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M19 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M2 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M20 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M21 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M22 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M23 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M25 Bury
- M27 Salford
- M28 Walkden, Salford
- M29 Pemberton, Wigan
- M3 Salford
- M30 Salford
- M31 Partington, Trafford
- M32 Urmston, Trafford
- M33 Trafford
- M34 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
- M35 Oldham
- M38 Walkden, Salford
- M4 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M40 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M41 Urmston, Trafford
- M43 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
- M44 Salford
- M45 Bury
- M46 Pemberton, Wigan
- M5 Salford
- M50 Salford Quays, Salford
- M6 Salford
- M7 Salford
- M8 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M9 Manchester, Greater Manchester
- M90 Ringway, Greater Manchester
- PR7 Chorley, Lancashire
- SK1 Stockport
- SK12 Poynton, Cheshire East
- SK14 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
- SK16 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
- SK2 Stockport
- SK3 Stockport
- SK4 Stockport
- SK5 Stockport
- SK6 Stockport
- SK7 Cheadle, Stockport
- SK8 Stockport
- SK9 Macclesfield, Cheshire East
- WA1 Birchwood, Warrington
- WA10 St Helens
- WA11 St Helens
- WA12 St Helens
- WA13 Lymm, Warrington
- WA14 Trafford
- WA15 Trafford
- WA16 Knutsford, Cheshire East
- WA2 Birchwood, Warrington
- WA3 Croft, Warrington
- WA4 Appleton, Warrington
- WA5 Great Sankey, Warrington
- WA6 Frodsham, Cheshire West And Chester
- WA7 Runcorn, Halton
- WA8 Runcorn, Halton
- WA9 St Helens
- WN1 Pemberton, Wigan
- WN2 Pemberton, Wigan
- WN3 Pemberton, Wigan
- WN4 Pemberton, Wigan
- WN5 Pemberton, Wigan
- WN6 Pemberton, Wigan
- WN7 Leigh, Wigan
- WN8 Ormskirk, Lancashire
Triggered by Hurn weather station (an estimated total of 41,000 eligible households)
- BH1 Bournemouth
- BH10 Bournemouth
- BH11 Bournemouth
- BH12 Poole
- BH13 Poole
- BH14 Poole
- BH15 Poole
- BH16 Upton, Dorset
- BH17 Poole
- BH18 Poole
- BH19 Swanage, Dorset
- BH2 Bournemouth
- BH20 Wareham, Dorset
- BH21 Colehill, Dorset
- BH22 Ferndown, Dorset
- BH23 Burton, Dorset
- BH24 Ringwood, Hampshire
- BH25 New Milton, Hampshire
- BH3 Bournemouth
- BH31 Verwood, Dorset
- BH4 Bournemouth
- BH5 Bournemouth
- BH6 Bournemouth
- BH7 Bournemouth
- BH8 Bournemouth
- BH9 Bournemouth
- DT1 Dorchester, Dorset
- DT11 Bryanston, Dorset
- DT2 Charminster, Dorset
- SP6 Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Triggered by Carlisle weather station (an estimated total of 10,000 eligible households)
- CA1 Carlisle, Cumbria
- CA2 Carlisle, Cumbria
- CA3 Carlisle, Cumbria
- CA4 Wetheral, Cumbria
- CA5 Orton, Cumbria
- CA6 Kirklinton, Cumbria
- CA7 Waverton, Cumbria
- CA8 Brampton, Cumbria
- DG16 Gretna Border (parts In England)
Triggered by Little Rissington weather station (an estimated total of 8,000 eligible households)
- CV36 Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
- GL54 Naunton, Gloucestershire
- GL55 Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
- GL56 Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
- OX15 Tadmarton, Oxfordshire
- OX16 Banbury, Oxfordshire
- OX17 Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire
- OX7 Chadlington, Oxfordshire
- WR12 Broadway, Worcestershire
Triggered by Keele weather station (an estimated total of 58,000 eligible households)
- CW1 Crewe, Cheshire East
- CW12 Congleton, Cheshire East
- CW2 Crewe, Cheshire East
- CW3 Bridgemere, Cheshire East
- CW5 Nantwich, Cheshire East
- SK10 Macclesfield, Cheshire East
- SK11 Macclesfield, Cheshire East
- ST1 Stoke-on-Trent
- ST12 Barlaston, Staffordshire
- ST14 Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
- ST15 Stone, Staffordshire
- ST16 Stafford, Staffordshire
- ST17 Stafford, Staffordshire
- ST18 Hopton, Staffordshire
- ST19 Penkridge, Staffordshire
- ST2 Stoke-on-Trent
- ST20 Gnosall, Staffordshire
- ST21 Eccleshall, Staffordshire
- ST3 Stoke-on-Trent
- ST4 Stoke-on-Trent
- ST5 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
- ST6 Stoke-on-Trent
- ST7 Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
Triggered by Llysdinam weather station (an estimated total of 4,000 eligible households)
- LD1 Llandrindod Wells, Powys
- LD2 Duhonw, Powys
- LD4 Llangamarch, Powys
- LD5 Treflys, Powys
- LD6 Rhayader, Powys
- LD7 Knighton, Powys
- LD8 Presteigne, Powys
- SA19 Talley, Carmarthenshire
- SA20 Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
- SY18 Llanidloes, Powys
- SY7 Hopesay, Shropshire
- SY9 Lydham, Shropshire
Triggered by Wittering weather station (an estimated total of45,000 eligible households)
- LE15 Hambleton, Rutland
- NN14 Warkton, Northamptonshire
- NN15 Kettering, Northamptonshire
- NN16 Kettering, Northamptonshire
- NN17 Corby, Northamptonshire
- NN18 Corby, Northamptonshire
- PE1 Peterborough
- PE15 March, Cambridgeshire
- PE16 Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
- PE2 Peterborough
- PE26 Ramsey, Cambridgeshire
- PE27 St Ives, Cambridgeshire
- PE28 The Stukeleys, Cambridgeshire
- PE29 Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
- PE3 Peterborough
- PE4 Peterborough
- PE5 Ailsworth, Peterborough
- PE6 Deeping St James, Lincolnshire
- PE7 Farcet, Cambridgeshire
- PE8 Tansor, Northamptonshire
- PE9 Stamford, Lincolnshire
Triggered by Shawbury weather station (an estimated total of 30,000 eligible households)
- SY1 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- SY11 Oswestry, Shropshire
- SY12 Ellesmere, Shropshire
- SY13 Whitchurch Rural, Shropshire
- SY2 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- SY3 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- SY4 Myddle, Shropshire
- SY5 Longden, Shropshire
- SY6 Church Stretton, Shropshire
- TF1 Wellington, Telford And Wrekin
- TF10 Newport, Telford And Wrekin
- TF11 Shifnal, Shropshire
- TF12 Broseley, Shropshire
- TF13 Much Wenlock, Shropshire
- 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
Northern Ireland – Katesbridge weather station
- BT24 Ballynahinch
- BT25 Dromore
- BT26 Hillsborough
- BT30 Downpatrick
- BT31 Castlewellan
- BT32 Banbridge
- BT33 Newcastle
- BT34 Newry (County Down)
