Who can get Winter Heating Payment?

You will receive the payment if you are getting one of the following benefits:-

• Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance or Support for Mortgage Interest Loan and also have a disability or pensioners premium or you get Child Tax Credit that includes a child disability element or have a disabled child or child under 5 living with you
• Pension Credit
• Universal Credit and are not employed and have limited capability for work or limited capability for work and work related activity or have a disabled child or have a child under 5 living with you
• Universal Credit and are employed and have a disabled child

How is the Winter Heating Payment made?

The Winter Heating Payment is £58.75 paid automatically into your bank if you are getting one of the qualifying benefits. You do not need to apply for it. You will automatically get the single payment between December and February if you qualify.

You’ll receive a letter from Social Security Scotland before they make the payment.

Child Winter Heating Payment

Child Winter Heating Payment has replaced Child Winter Heating Assistance. The payment for winter 2024-2025 is a single payment of £251.50.

Eligible children and young Scottish residents do not need to apply and will get their payment automatically.

Who can get Child Winter Heating Payment?

Children and young people in Scotland under 19 are eligible for this payment if they get one of these benefits:

• the highest rate of the care component of Child Disability Payment
• the highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance for children
• the enhanced daily living component of Personal Independence Payment
• the enhanced rate of the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment

They need to be getting one of these benefits on at least one day during the third full week of September.

In 2024, that week was from Monday September 16 to Sunday September 22.

Find out more about Child Winter Heating Payment.