DWP will decide this week if you'll get Winter Fuel Payment worth up to £300

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As the weather gets nippier in the coming months and the heating gets cranked up, many worry about their fuel bills. And the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to decide this week who will be eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment, which could be worth up to £300.

Previously, anyone above state pension age would receive the Winter Fuel Payments, but now only those on means-tested benefits including Pension Credit will qualify.The crucial week to be claiming these benefits falls within this week.To be eligible for a Winter Fuel Payment this year, you must have been born before September 23, 1958, and be claiming one of the following benefits between September 16 and September 22, 2024, reports the Mirror: Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit, Universal Credit.

However, if you lived in a care home for the entire duration from June 24 to September 22, 2024, you won't be entitled to a Winter Fuel Payment.

You can still qualify if your stay in a care home is temporary, less than 13 weeks by the end of the qualifying period. You also won't be eligible if you've been in hospital receiving free treatment for more than a year, if you needed permission to enter the UK and your granted leave states that you cannot claim public funds, or if you are in prison for the entire week of September 16 to September 22, 2024.