Who is eligible for the winter fuel allowance? Anyone who was born on or before October 5, 1955 is eligible for the fuel allowance.
You can automatically qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2022/2023 if both the following apply: you were born on or before 25 September 1956.
You don't typically have to apply for the winter fuel payment if you are eligible. You should receive the money automatically. However, if you have not had the payment before, you only need to claim if any of the following apply: you do not get benefits or a State Pension.
Every household with someone aged 60 or over is entitled to help towards their winter energy costs. Under the Government's winter fuel payments scheme, you can make a claim if you had reached the qualifying age on or before 27 September 2009.
You can get the Fuel Allowance, if you are getting a long-term social welfare payment and you are unable to provide for your heating needs from your own resources. See 'How to qualify for Fuel Allowance' below. Only one Fuel Allowance is paid to a household.
The Household Benefits Package (HBP) helps with the cost of your electricity or gas bill and the TV licence. Only one person in a household can get the Package. You can get the Household Benefits Package if you are aged 70 or over. You do not need to be getting a State pension and the package is not means tested.
Household benefit applicants aged 70 or over do not have to satisfy the household composition criteria or undergo a means test.
The UK has a range of benefits available to the over 60s. From higher education to help towards heating costs, cheap cinema tickets to paying less council tax, whether you're on a low income or not, then you should see what help you can get.
All pensioner households will receive an extra £300 to help them cover the rising cost of energy this winter while people with disabilities will receive an extra £150 to help with additional costs they face. The Chancellor also announced an extra £500 million of funding.
A Winter Fuel Payment is a one-off, tax-free payment made during the winter to help with heating costs. It is made to households that include someone over State pension age. Most people born on or before 26 September 1955 will usually qualify for a payment in 2021/22 (the date changes every year).
About 850,000 people will be able to get the Winter Energy Payment, including people receiving superannuation and Veteran's Pension, as well as those on a main benefit.
You may be eligible for Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2021-2022 if you meet all the following criteria: you were born on or before 26 September 1955. you lived in the UK throughout the qualifying week for the financial year of 2021–2022 (which is 20–26 September 2021).
Winter Fuel Payment Entitlement
It depends most on your situation during the actual qualifying week. The qualifying week for wintertime heating allowance 2021 to 2022 was the 20th to the 26th of September. Any payment you get is TAX FREE and will not affect your other allowances and benefits.
To get the $250 one-off Cost of Living Payment you must be a Centrelink or Department of Veterans'Affairs customer. You must have been residing in Australia on 29 March 2022 and either: you were able to claim, or were getting an eligible payment. you were able to get, or had an eligible concession card.
You qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment if both the following apply: you were born on or before 25 September 1956. you lived in the UK for at least one day during the week of 19 to 25 September 2022 - this is called the 'qualifying week'
Although you can retire at any age, you can only claim your State Pension when you reach State Pension age. For workplace or personal pensions, you need to check with each scheme provider the earliest age you can claim pension benefits.
If you're below your full retirement age but are age 62 or older, you can work and receive Social Security benefits at the same time. If you achieved full retirement age in 2021, you could have earned up to $18,240 in 2020 and still received your normal benefit amount without any penalty.
The Fuel Allowance, which is a means-tested payment, is paid to 372,000 pensioners, widows, widowers, jobseekers, lone-parents and people with disabilities.
To receive the standard Winter Fuel Payment and this year's Pensioner Cost of Living Payment, you must be over State Pension age (aged 66 or above) between 19 and 25 September 2022.
The Free Travel Scheme is available to people aged over 66 and to certain people with disabilities aged under 66. It allows you to travel, free of charge, on public transport and on a number of private bus and ferry services.
The free electricity allowance is available to everyone over 70 and to people under 70 in certain circumstances. The payment isn't means-tested and you don't need to be receiving a State pension in order to get it.