Another 200,000 households in 149 postcodes to get £25 cold weather payments – including in Kent, Sussex and Surrey

HUNDREDS of thousands of households in 149 postcodes are due cold weather payments after Storm Isha.

The cash payments are made in locations where residents experience continuous below-zero weather.

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Households can get £25 during each seven-day period of low temperatures from now until March 31.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hands out the extra cash to households on low incomes.

Those eligible will have the cash paid directly into their bank accounts within 14 days of the payments being triggered.

The money is paid automatically – you don’t need to apply – and includes those on Universal Credit and pension credit.

We’ve listed all the postcodes that are now eligible for at least one cold weather payment worth £25.

You can also check if a payment is due in your area by entering your postcode in the government’s cold weather payment checker.

Here’s a list of the 149 postcodes eligible for cold weather payments since Friday, January, 20.

January 20

• Bolton – BL0-9
• Brighton – BN5-6, BN44
• Carlisle – CA1-8
• Dumfries and Galloway – DG12, DG16
• Guildford – GU5-6
• Llandrindod Wells – LD1-2, LD4-8
• Manchester – M24, M26
• Oldham – OL1-12, OL15-16
• Redhill – RH1-20
• Rochester – ME6, ME14-20
• Shrewsbury – SY7, SY9, SY18
• Stockport – SK15
• Swansea – SA19-20
• Tunbridge Wells – TN1-20, TN22, TN27

January 21

• Cambridge – CB8-9
• Colchester – CO1-8, CO16
• Ipswich – IP1-23, IP29-33

Prio to this, thousands became eligible for up to three payments worth £75 after hundreds more postcodes were triggered between November 28 and January 13:

November 28

• Blackburn – BB4, BB8-12, BB18
• Bolton – BL0-9
• Bradford – BD1-24
• Carlisle – CA1-12, CA16-CA17
• Cleveland – TS21, TS28-29
• Crewe – CW4, CW6-11
• Darlington – DL4-5, DL8, DL11-17
• Dumfries and Galloway – DG16
• Durham – DH1-9
• Halifax – HX1-7
• Huddersfield – HD3, HD7-9
• Lancaster – LA8-LA10, LA21-LA23
• Leeds – LS21, LS29
• Manchester – M1-9, M11-35, M38, M4-46, M50, M90
• Newcastle upon Tyne – NE1-13, NE15-21, NE23, NE25-49
• Oldham – OL1-16
• Preston – PR7
• Sheffield – S36
• Shrewsbury – SY1-6, SY11-13
• Stockport – SK1-12, SK14-16
• Sunderland – SR1-7
• Telford – TF1-13
• Warrington – WA1-16
• Wigan – WN1-8
• Yorkshire – YO13, YO18, YO21-22, YO62

December 5

• Newcastle upon Tyne – NE71
• Galashiels – TD9, TD12, TD15
• Derby – DE4, DE45
• Sheffield – S32-33
• Stockport – SK13, SK17, SK22-23
• Stoke-on-Trent – ST9, ST10, ST13

December 8

• Carlisle – CA10-12, CA16-17
• Lancaster – LA8-10, LA21-23

January 12

• Carlisle – CA9-12, CA16-17
• Durham – DH8
• Newcastle – NE19, NE47-49
• Lancaster – LA8-10, LA21-23

January 13

• Blackburn – BB4, BB8-12, BB18
• Bradford – BD23-24
• Cambridge – CB6-7
• Cardiff – CF37-48, CF81-83
• Cleveland – TS21, TS28-29
• Darlington – DL4-5, DL8, DL11-17
• Derby – DE4, DE45
• Durham – DH1-9
• Galashiels – TD12, TD15
• Halifax – HX1-7
• Hemel Hempstead – HP5-23, HP27
• Huddersfield – HD3, HD7-9
• Ipswich – IP24-28
• Leeds – LS21, LS29
• Llandrindod Wells – LD4
• Newcastle – NE1-13, NE15-18, NE20-21, NE23, NE25-46, NE71
• Newport – NP4, NP11, NP12, NP13, NP22-24, NP44
• Oldham – OL13-14
• Oxford – OX9-10, OX33, OX39, OX44, OX49
• Peterborough – PE12-14, PE30-38
• Reading – RG9
• Sheffield – S32-33, S36
• Slough – SL7-9
• Stockport – SK13, SK17, SK22-23
• Stoke-on-Trent – ST9-10, ST13
• Sunderland – SR1-7
• Swansea – SA9
• York – YO13, YO18, YO21, YO22, YO62

Who is eligible for cold weather payments?

Households are eligible for the extra cash if they are getting the following:

• Pension Credit
• Universal Credit
• Income Support
• Income-based jobseeker’s allowance
• Income-related employment and support allowance
• Support for mortgage interest

Depending on your specific circumstances, you may also need to meet one or more of the following additional criteria:

• Have a disability or be in receipt of pension premium
• Have a child who is disabled
• Be in receipt of child tax credit that includes a disability or severe disability element
• Have a severe or enhanced disability premium
• Be in receipt of a limited capability for work amount
• Have a child under five living with you

You can find out more about eligibility on the government’s website.

Getting the cold weather payment doesn’t affect any other benefits you get.

If you’re eligible, you should get the payments automatically within 14 days, into the same account where you get your benefit payments.

But if you think you should get the payment and haven’t, then contact your pension centre or Jobcentre Plus office, or call the Universal Credit helpline on 0800 328 5644.

If you’re getting Universal Credit, you can also sign in to your account and add a note to your journal.