Winter Fuel Payments are set to be replaced in Scotland by a new devolved heating benefit from winter 2024/25.
The Scottish Government will replace Winter Fuel Payments with a new devolved lump sum later this year. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment is set to be provided on a like-for-like basis to its Department for Work and Pensions counterpart and paid to everyone over the State Pension age, every year.
Winter Fuel Payments are usually paid automatically to eligible households during November, December and January just before the coldest weather is expected to start. Proposals for PAWHP will follow the same payment timetable and automation. It states: “We intend to maintain the current values of payments. That means, generally, a typical household where the oldest person is under 80 will receive £200 and a household containing a person aged 80 or over will receive £300. The exception to this is where someone is in residential care.”
The guidance explains this is because they share the accommodation with other people who are also entitled to the payment and are responsible for a share of the heating costs. “As this is still the case for the vast majority of people receiving Pension Credit, the WFP is not payable.”
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