No qualifying period or payment dates have been announced for the first instalment of the £900 cost of living payment
The Department for Work and Pensions has clarified the rules around eligibility for means-tested cost of living payments made during 2022. And, as new guidance on the dedicated page on 2023 for the 2023/24 payments contains similar criteria, especially around exemptions, it could be useful for people trying to work out if they will be due the first part of the £900 payments, which is worth £301.
In a written response, Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression, Mims Davies MP explained that “keeping the rules” simple enabled the UK government to make over 30million separate cost of living payments last year - independent of scheduled, regular benefit payments. She further explained: “Including those on the benefits system, but not in payment of a qualifying benefit, would involve making payments to individuals who were ineligible during the qualifying period.”
Ms Davies added: “Paying those with financial resources available, which would make them ineligible for means-tested benefits, is not the intention of the Cost of Living Payments which are aimed at those on the lowest incomes.” The 2023/24 Cost of Living Payments are being delivered in three payments over the financial year to reduce the chance of someone missing out completely.
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