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Winter Fuel Payment – how much you can get and when you'll be paid

The amount of Winter Fuel Payment you can get each winter can vary according to your personal situation. Find out when you'll be paid and how much you can get.

How much you can get

These are the amounts of Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2012/13 listed by your personal situation.

Situation	Born on or before 5 July 2023	Aged 80 or over on or before 23 September 2023
You live alone	£200	£300
You are the only person in the household who qualifies	£200	£300
You live with another qualifying individual who is under 80	£100	£200
You live with another qualifying individual who is 80 or over	£100	£150
You get Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance. This is a full rate payment regardless of other eligible people in the household.	£200	£300
You get Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance. And you live with another qualifying person in the household who qualifies for Winter Fuel Payment. If someone else in the household is eligible, but not on the above benefits, and not your partner/civil partner they'll get a shared payment.	£200	£300
You qualify for Winter Fuel Payment and live with someone who gets Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance. If they are your partner/civil partner, they will get the payment for you.	£0	£0
You qualify for Winter Fuel Payment and live with someone who gets Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance. If they are not your partner/civil partner you will get a shared payment.	£100	£150
If both of the following apply: you live in a care home, an independent hospital or Ilford Park Polish Resettlement Home (and have done so for 12 weeks or more before the qualifying week) you don't get Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance	£100	£150
If both the following apply: you live in a care home, an independent hospital or Ilford Park Polish Resettlement Home (and have done so for 12 weeks or more before the qualifying week) you get Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income related Employment and Support Allowance	You don't qualify for Winter Fuel Payment	You don't qualify for Winter Fuel Payment

When you'll be paid

Most payments are made between mid November and December 2012. Over twelve million payments are being made during this time. It’s not possible to be more detailed about when you will receive your Winter Fuel Payment. You will receive a notification letter and this will give you a more specific estimated payment date.

Due to how payments are made, you could receive your payment at a different time to someone in your household or living near you.

Do not contact the government about when you’ll receive your payment - unless you have not received it by January 2013.