Winter fuel payment

NANATO4
NANATO4 Online Community Member Posts: 27 Listener
in Money and bills

Hi can anyone tell me if myself or my partner would be entitled to the winter fuel payment, I currently get £0 universal credit and standard daily living pip and my my partner gets state pension he can't claim pension credit as we are in different age groups we are so confused by all this can someone please help 🙃

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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,784 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hey there @NANATO4 I've had a little look on hte Gov website and it states;

    You can get a Winter Fuel Payment for Winter 2024 to 2025 if you were born before 23 September 1958.

    You must also live in England or Wales and get one of the following:

    • Pension Credit
    • Universal Credit
    • income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
    • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
    • Income Support
    • Child Tax Credit
    • Working Tax Credit

    You’ll also need to have been getting a benefit during the qualifying week of 16 to 22 September 2024.

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    edited October 2024

    If your UC is usually reduced to zero and has been for 6 months then you will no longer be claiming it because a claim automatically closes after 6 months of zero awards. If it's just PIP and state pension you're both claiming then there's no entitlement to WFP.

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