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The Winter Heating Payment is replacing the Cold Weather Payment in Scotland. The Scottish Government website says the payment will go out to around 400,000 households.
Eligible people will receive a letter from Social Security Scotland before the payment arrives, outlining how the process will work.
The money should arrive automatically in people’s bank and building society accounts, with no need to fill in any paperwork to get the money.
The one-off payment is different from the Cold Weather Payment, a £25 payment which goes out to people in areas if and when temperatures fall below zero, or are forecast to be below zero, for seven consecutive days.
The scheme runs from November to March, with payments triggered in many postcodes in recent weeks.
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To receive the Winter Heating Payment in Scotland, a person must have received one of these benefits during the qualifying week, from November 7 to 13:
- Universal Credit
- Pension Credit
- Income Support
- Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income Related Employment Support Allowance
- Support for Mortgage Interest.
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A person will also be eligible for the payment if they get a child disability premium within Income Support or income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.
People will usually get the payment if they get income-related Employment Support Allowance and have any of these:
- Placed in a support group or a work-related activity group
- A severe or enhanced disability premium
- A pensioner premium
- The disability element of Child Tax Credit
- A child under five living with them.
Claimants of Support for Mortgage Interest will usually get the payment if they have any of the following:
- A disability premium
- A pensioner premium
- A child disability premium
- A child under five living with them.
