You may get Cold Weather Payments if you’re getting certain benefits such as Pension Credit, Income Support, Income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit and Support for Mortgage Interest. If you’re eligible, you’ll get these payments automatically, you do not need to apply.
The payments do not affect your other benefits. you’ll get a payment if the average temperature in your area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees Celsius or below over 7 consecutive days. You’ll get £25 for each 7-day period of very cold weather between 1 November 2025 and 31 March 2026.