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Cold weather payment recipients will get £25 for every seven day period of very cold weather between November and March. The triggers for these payments are issued by the DWP and today, they have released their latest alerts.
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Analysis by Uswitch.com has found this contrasts with zero payments in the same period in 2020, 1,084,000 in 2019, and 99,000 in 2018 the year of The Beast From The East.
The payments are made automatically to eligible households within 14 working days after the period of very cold weather.
This period is defined as being when the temperature at the relevant weather station is either recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below over seven consecutive days.
This winter, conditions have been triggered seven times each in Tulloch Bridge, Loch Glascarnoch, and Braemar all in Scotland.
Cold Weather Payment: The DWP updated its report of the estimates of payments this winter (Image: GETTY / EXPRESS)
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The £25 payout covers each period of very cold weather between November 1, and March 31.
Those eligible can expect to receive a payment from the DWP within 14 working days of a period of very cold weather.
Many Britons will be keen to check on a regular basis if they are set to receive a Cold Weather Payment for their area.
Cold Weather Payment: Britons can check entitlement through the postcode checker (Image: EXPRESS)
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To ease this process, the DWP has established the Cold Weather Payment postcode checker tool.
Accessible through the Government’s official website, the Cold Weather Payment tool allows Britons to enter the first part of their postcode to determine if a payment is due.
The postcode which has been triggered is ZE1-3.
This means any eligible person for the payment who lives in the postcode can now expect to receive £25.
It will cover the period of very cold weather which was recorded as being from February 3 to February 9.
Baroness Stedman-Scott said: “Keeping warm throughout the winter is hugely important to staying healthy, which is why we pay to help heat homes when there’s a sustained cold snap.
Cold Weather Payment: The DWP has announced a new postcode has been triggered (Image: GETTY)
“As well as Cold Weather Payments, we also run the Warm Home Discount Scheme and Winter Fuel Payments, so we have a number of schemes in place to help.”
The plummeting temperatures are being felt more than ever too, as Britons are told to stay at home during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
Not only that, but the restrictions mean millions have been hit financially since the COVID-19 pandemic first began.
As such, energy bills will certainly be a huge worry right now.
There may be help available for some people however.
Cold Weather Payment 2021: Snow has fallen in many parts of the UK this week (Image: GETTY)
As snow and plummeting temperatures look set to continue, a reminder has been issued about the Government s Cold Weather Payment (CWP) scheme.