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I have still not received my cost of living payment

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ishensnan
ishensnan Community member Posts: 3 Listener
edited July 2022 in Benefits and financial support
I still have not recieved my £326 cost of living payment. I became eligable for pension tax credits on the 7/05/22. Am I entitled to it. I am finding so many things confusing since I started to get my state pension instead of esa. Coping with my disabilities feels as though it is getting more and more difficult.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 55,515 Disability Gamechanger
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    There's no such thing as pension tax credits. Do you mean pension credit? If so then you must have been entitled to a payment between 26th April and 25th May. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment
    If you're just claiming state pension then you won't be entitled to the CoL payment.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
    edited July 2022
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    If you applied for PC on 7th May 2022 and are awarded you will be eligible. However there are long delays processing PC claims. If your PC claim has not yet been processed and you have not yet had a decision you are not yet yet eligible but will get it retrospectively if a PC award is later made.

    If you haven't actually claimed PC yet you can still claim and backdate it so that you will be eligible.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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  • ishensnan
    ishensnan Community member Posts: 3 Listener
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    Thank you for such a quick reply. Of course you are right, I meant pension credits. I was awarded pc and have recieved my backdated payment, but have not had the first half of the cost of living payment. It was this £326 that I was not sure about because I have not recieved it yet. Again thanks for the swift reply.
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  • ishensnan
    ishensnan Community member Posts: 3 Listener
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    I meant replies in the plural (DUH!)
    By the way I am Gwen.
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,562 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hello there @ishensnan (Gwen), and welcome to the community, I'm glad our members could help with your query.

    Please do have a look around the forum if you haven't already, you can find all the latest conversations in our recent discussions category, all the different topics in our categories page, and you can meet and chat with other members over in our virtual coffee lounge too.

    Let us know if you can help with anything else in the meantime, and have a good evening :)

    Alex
    Online Community Coordinator
    Scope

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