All Britons will need to do is enter the first half of their postcode and press ‘continue’ to determine if any Cold Weather Payment has been triggered.
For example, if someone’s postcode is LS1 1AG, they will only need to enter LS1 into the postcode checker.
The DWP tool will then provide Britons with information about whether their postcode is due a payment, and how often.
It uses local weather stations to determine the temperature in a person’s area.
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Cold Weather Payment provides important support to those affected by a particularly cold snap in areas across the country as the UK endures a freezing winter. With more time spent indoors, it is likely there will be an increase to heating costs, and to help Britons navigate this, a Cold Weather Payment can offer a helping hand. The scheme offers a £25 payout to those eligible who are in areas where the temperature has dropped below freezing for seven consecutive days.
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Baroness Stedman-Scott commented on this: “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.
“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.”
Cold weather payments are issued if the average temperature in an area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below over seven consecutive days.
Eligible recipients will get £25 for each seven-day period of very cold weather between November 1 and March 31.