Disabled vs OAP - Winter fuel allowance

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Wibbles

The government thinks more of OAPs than it does of the disabled - otherwise why do ALL pensioners get a minimum of £250 Winter fuel allowance when ALL disabled only receive £150 - (both) regardless of savings ?

Of course - if you come under both categories - you receve a minimum of £400

Wibbles

Eligibility

You can get a Winter Fuel Payment if you were born before 26 September 1956.

You usually need to live in the UK. In some circumstances, you might be eligible if you live abroad.

When you will not be eligible

You will not be eligible if you:

• have been in hospital getting free treatment for more than a year
• need permission to enter the UK and your granted leave says that you cannot claim public funds
• were in prison for the whole of the week of 19 to 25 September 2022

If you live in a care home

You can get Winter Fuel Payment if you live in a care home. You will not be eligible if both of the following apply:

• you get Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• you lived in a care home for the whole time from 27 June to 25 September 2022

How much you'll get

You’ll get a letter in October or November telling you how much Winter Fuel Payment you’ll get, if you’re eligible.

The amount you get is based on when you were born and your circumstances between 19 to 25 September 2022. This is called the ‘qualifying week’.

The amounts listed include a ‘Pensioner Cost of Living Payment’. This is between £150 and £300. You’ll only get this extra amount in winter 2022 to 2023.

Any money you get is tax-free and will not affect your other benefits.

If you live alone or no one you live with is eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment

You’ll get either:

• £500 if you were born between 26 September 1942 and 25 September 1956
• £600 if you were born before 26 September 1942

If you live with someone else who’s eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment

Your payment may be different if you get one of the following benefits:

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

If you do not get any of the benefits

You’ll get a payment of either:

• £250 if you and the person you live with were both born between 26 September 1942 and 25 September 1956
• £350 if you were born before 26 September 1942 but the person you live with was born between 26 September 1942 and 25 September 1956
• £300 if you and the person you live with were both born before 26 September 1942

If you and your partner jointly claim any of the benefits

One of you will get a payment of either:

• £500 if both of you were born between 26 September 1942 and 25 September 1956
• £600 if one or both of you were born before 26 September 1942

So - any couple with one partner aged 80 (no matter whether they are millionaires) - will receive AT LEAST £350 

Confusingly - a single (over 66 year old) will receive £500

Plus WHD

Whereas disabled people at the same financial position will receive just £150 !