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Cold Weather Payments for 2009/2010

If you are on a low income, are receiving Pension Credit or income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, you may be entitled to a Cold Weather Payment.  Cold Weather Payments may be available to help you for each week of very cold weather in your area.  Cold Weather Payments are different from Winter Fuel Payments , which are also available to people aged 60 years or over.


A Cold Weather Payment helps towards the cost of heating your home when there is a spell of cold weather in the local area. The Department for Work and Pensions will make payments of £25 in the winter of 2009/2010 to people living in an area when the average temperature is forecast to be 0 degrees Centigrade (32 degrees Fahrenheit) or below, over seven days in a row.  This temperature will be recorded at a local weather station.


You do not pay tax on any Cold Weather Payments paid to you.  Cold Weather Payments are made automatically with your benefit, so you will not need to apply for one.


You can find out more about Cold Weather Payments on the Directgov website , or by asking at Hartlepool's Jobcentre Plus office in Wesley Square , Hartlepool, TS24 8EZ.

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