Payments are issued to certain benefit claimants when temperatures drop below zero for at least one week.
DWP Cold Weather Payments triggered in 31 more postcodes – full list (Image: GETTY)
Cold Weather Payments have been triggered for people living in 31 postcode districts in parts of the North East, including areas in Teesside, County Durham, and North Yorkshire. Eligible households in these regions will receive an extra £25 towards the cost of heating their homes during the cold snap.
The new payments, distributed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), will be made to an estimated 75,000 households in postcode areas covered by the latest update. So far this winter, payments have been triggered in 728 postcodes across parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland as temperatures drop to zero degrees or below.
Payments are issued to certain benefit claimants when temperatures drop below zero (Image: GETTY)
Full list of 31 postcodes to receive Cold Weather Payment
- SR7 Dalton-le-Dale, County Durham
- SR8 Peterlee, County Durham
- TS1 Middlesbrough
- TS10 Redcar, Redcar And Cleveland
- TS11 Saltburn Marske And New Marske, Redcar And Cleveland
- TS12 Skelton, Redcar And Cleveland
- TS13 Loftus, Redcar And Cleveland
- TS14 Guisborough, Redcar And Cleveland
- TS17 Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees
- TS18 Stockton-on-Tees
- TS19 Stockton-on-Tees
- TS2 Middlesbrough
- TS20 Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
- TS22 Trindon, Stockton-on-Tees
- TS23 Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees
- TS24 Hartlepool
- TS25 Hartlepool
- TS26 Hartlepool
- TS27 Monk Hesleden, County Durham
- TS3 Middlesbrough
- TS4 Middlesbrough
- TS5 Middlesbrough
- TS6 Redcar, Redcar And Cleveland
- TS7 Middlesbrough
- TS8 Stainton, Middlesbrough
- YO13 Stainton Dale, North Yorkshire
- YO17 Settrington, North Yorkshire
- YO18 Pickering, North Yorkshire
- YO21 Hutton Mulgrave, North Yorkshire
- YO22 Snainton, North Yorkshire
- YO62 Nawton, North Yorkshire
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.
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, and 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 are here.
