Winter Fuel Payment
Eligibility
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
In some circumstances, you might be eligible if you live abroad.
When you will not be eligible
You will not be eligible if you:
- live in Scotland
- have been in hospital getting free treatment for more than a year
- were in prison for the whole of the week of 16 to 22 September 2024
- were living in a care home for the whole time from 24 June to 22 September 2024
If you live in a care home
You can get a Winter Fuel Payment if:
- you get certain benefits and are eligible
- you lived in a care home for less than 13 weeks including the week of 16 to 22 September 2024