Full list of 284 postcodes where cold weather payments have been triggered as Brits face freezing temperatures

16 January 2024, 14:03 | Updated: 16 January 2024, 14:06

These are the postcodes where cold weather payments have been triggered.
These are the postcodes where cold weather payments have been triggered. Picture: Alamy

By Jenny Medlicott

Thousands of Brits are due cold weather payments as the UK is plunged into freezing temperatures.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed the hundreds of postcodes set to receive the £25 cold weather payments.

Under the payments, a household will receive £25 for each seven-day period of low temperatures between November 1 and March 31 each year.

Temperatures must be zero or below zero degrees over the seven-day period in order to trigger the payments.

Those who qualify do not need to do anything to apply as they will be paid into your bank account automatically.

Funds will typically arrive in bank accounts within 14 days and will show in your bank account as your National Insurance number, followed by ‘DWP CWP’ for those in England and Wales.

Those in Northern Ireland will see the payment as ‘SSA CWP’.

Paul Maynard, pensions minister, said: "Cold weather payments provide much needed support to households when colder weather kicks in, so that families reduce anxiety about bills.

"This is part of our wider plan to help those who need it the most, while our number one priority remains driving down inflation – and helping everyone’s money go further."

Cold weather payments have been triggered in more areas.
Cold weather payments have been triggered in more areas. Picture: Alamy

Below is the full list of areas that qualified for the cold weather payments from November 27 onwards last year.

Full list of postcodes

November 27

  • Shap - CA10-12, CA16, CA17, LA8-LA10, LA21-LA23

November 28

  • Albermarle - DH1-DH7, DH9, DL4, DL5, DL14-DL17, NE1-NE13, NE15-NE18, NE20-NE46, SR1-SR7, TS21, TS28, TS29
  • Bainbridge - BD23, BD24, DL8, DL11-DL13
  • Bingley - BB4, BB8-BB12, BB18, BD1-22, HD3, HD7, HD8, HD9, HX1-HX7, LS21, LS29, OL13, OL14, S36
  • Carlisle - CA1-CA8, DG16
  • Fylingdales - YO13, YO18, YO21, YO22, YO62
  • Redesdale - CA9, DH8, NE19, NE47-NE49
  • Rochdale - BL0-BL9, M24, M26, OL1-OL12, OL15, OL16, SK15
  • Rostherne - CW4, CW6-CW11, M1-M9, M11-M23, M25, M27-M35, M38, M40, M41, M43-M46, M50, M90, PR7, SK1-SK12, SK14, SK16, WA1-WA16, WN1-WN8
  • Shawbury - SY1-SY6, SY11-SY13, TF1-TF13

December 5

  • Shap - CA10-CA12, CA16, CA17, LA8-LA10, LA21-LA23

Postcodes in the below list are the areas that have seen the payments triggered since the start of the year.

January 12

  • Redesdale - CA9, DH8, NE19, NE47-NE49
  • Shap - CA10-CA12, CA16, CA17, LA8-LA10, LA21-LA23

January 13

  • Albemarle - DH1-DH7, DH9, DL4, DL5, DL14-DL17, NE1-NE13, NE15-NE18, NE20, NE21, NE23, NE25-NE46, SR1-SR7, TS21, TS28, TS29
  • Bainbridge - BD23, BD24, DL8, DL11-DL13
  • Benson - HP5-HP23, HP27, OX9, OX10, OX33, OX39, OX44, OX49, RG9, SL7-SL9
  • Bingley - BB4, BB8-12, BB18, BD1-BD22, HD3, HD7-HD9, HX1-HX7, LS21, LS29, OL13, OL14, S36
  • Charterhall - NE71, TD12, TD15
  • Fylingdales - YO13, YO18, YO21, YO22, YO62
  • Leek Thorncliffe - DE4, DE45, S32, S33, SK13, SK17, SK22, SK23, ST9, ST10, ST13
  • Libanus - CF37-CF48, CF81-CF83, LD3, NP4, NP11-NP13, NP22-NP24, NP44, SA9
  • Marham - CB6, CB7, IP24-IP28, PE12-PE14, PE30-PE38
It comes as the UK is plunged into an Arctic blast.
It comes as the UK is plunged into an Arctic blast. Picture: Alamy

Who is eligible for the payments?

Only those on certain benefits qualify for the cold weather payments.

This may include those who receive one of the following:

  • Pension Credit
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
  • Universal Credit
  • Support for Mortgage Interest

Those on income support and income-based jobseeker’s allowance usually qualify if they also receive one 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

People who receive Pension Credit are also usually entitled to cold weather payments.

Those who receive income-related employment and support allowance and are in a work-related activity group or support group.

If you are not in either group, you may still be eligible 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

Those on universal credit are also typically eligible for the payments.

Full details on the eligibility criteria are available on the government website.

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