Around 95,000 eligible households in these regions will receive a £25 payment towards the extra cost of heating their homes during the current cold snap
The DWP has triggered new Cold Weather Payments for people living in 51 postcode areas.
Around 95,000 eligible households in these regions will receive a £25 payment towards the extra cost of heating their homes during the current cold snap. The new payments will cover 45 postcode areas around West Yorkshire, including Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield, and extend into parts of East Lancashire, including Burnley.
Eligible households in another six postcode districts in North Yorkshire and County Durham will also receive the payments. The latest payments were triggered by a seven-day period of subzero weather in these areas which started on January 4 and extends until Saturday.
The full list of new postcodes are:
- BB4 Rawtenstall, Lancashire
- BB8 Newchurch, Lancashire
- BB9 Newchurch, Lancashire
- BB10 Burnley, Lancashire
- BB11 Burnley, Lancashire
- BB12 Ightenhill, Lancashire
- BB18 Salterforth, Lancashire
- BD1 Bradford city centre
- BD2 Eccleshill, Bradford
- BD3 Barkerend, Bradford
- BD4 Bierley, Bradford
- BD5 Bankfoot, Bradford
- BD6 Buttershaw, Bradford
- BD7 Great Horton, Bradford
- BD8 Manningham, Bradford
- BD9 Frizinghall, Bradford
- BD10 Apperley Bridge, Bradford
- BD11 Adwalton, Bradford
- BD12 Low Moor, Bradford
- BD13 Queensbury, Bradford
- BD14 Clayton, Bradford
- BD15 Allerton, Bradford
- BD16 Bingley
- BD17 Shipley
- BD18 Saltaire, Shipley
- BD19 Cleckheaton
- BD20 Keighley
- BD21 Hainworth, Keighley
- BD22 Cowling, Keighley
- HD3 Huddersfield, Kirklees
- HD7 Huddersfield, Kirklees
- HD8 Kirkburton, Kirklees
- HD9 Holme, Kirklees
- HX1 Halifax, Calderdale
- HX2 Halifax, Calderdale
- HX3 Halifax, Calderdale
- HX4 Halifax, Calderdale
- HX5 Halifax, Calderdale
- HX6 Halifax, Calderdale
- HX7 Hebden Royd, Calderdale
- LS21 Otley, Leeds
- LS29 Ilkley, Bradford
- OL13 Rawtenstall, Lancashire
- OL14 Todmorden, Calderdale
- S36 Hunshelf, Barnsley
- BD23 Thorlby, North Yorkshire
- BD24 Langcliffe, North Yorkshire
- DL8 Spennithorne, North Yorkshire
- DL11 Marske, North Yorkshire
- DL12 Cotherstone, County Durham
- DL13 Stanhope, County Durham
A total of more than 100,000 households have been eligible for Cold Weather Payments this winter so far. Previously two separate payments totalling £50 were made to around 10,000 households in 18 postcode areas in Cumbria and Northumberland.
A further eight postcode areas in Northern Ireland have also received a single £25 Cold Weather Payment under a similar separate scheme which is operated by the Northern Ireland Executive, and not the DWP. These postcode areas are:
- BT24 Ballynahinch
- BT25 Dromore
- BT26 Hillsborough
- BT30 Downpatrick
- BT31 Castlewellan
- BT32 Banbridge
- BT33 Newcastle, Co Down
- BT34 Newry, South Down
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.
There are an estimated 3.9 million people eligible for Cold Weather Payments under the DWP scheme and of these 1.2 million are in receipt of Pensions Credit. Last year there were 364,000 payments made across England and Wales at a total cost of £9.1 million. In some areas of Cumbria, the Cold Weather Payments were triggered three times during separate spells of freezing weather last winter, meaning eligible recipients were paid £75 in total.
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.
