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Well I'll be blowed!

I only got the letter yesterday but the money went in a week before! :-S

(Can never remember when it is paid - assumed it was paid with the pension - well I am a senior :-D)

still no letter received am feeling a bit left out :-(

OH has his credited on Tuesday :-)

Received my letter this morning.
Information inside was dated 22nd November ( were they working on a Sunday ??)

My husband received his letter weeks ago.

I joked that I could now have my part of the living room heated too and he told me that 'my' money actually went into the bank account before his.

We have both ha ours, OH had a letter about it the day after it was in the bank (2nd), I have not had a letter yet!!!

Hi Shirley - it has nothing to do with the alphabet, OH & I are at the other end, he got his letter ages ago.

If they are still 'sorting things out' then wouldn't you still get your £100 and have to claim the other £100 - just a thought. When my Mum died about 8 years she still got her pension paid weekly into a bank A/c - that was stopped immediately.

Mine is actually due about the 14th if that helps.

Nothing as yet but my surname starts with a T so may be well down the list .

Or maybe they are stil sorting out our details as its all changed now

At Last ! My letter arrived today, I'll get the money just in time for the last minute panic shopping :-D

Friend of mine was having a coffee with some others. They were all excited to have got their Fuel Allowance. I don't get that says my friend. After the shock the others all got excited about how much money the friend could claim and how they would all have free coffee for a few weeks.

Friend muses to herself on way home. No, definitely doesn't get a fuel allowance but does think she gets a heating allowance. Yes - there is a payment for her heating allowance but not for petrol (fuel) allowance on her bank statement.

The penny did eventually drop :-D

No letter as yet,but my neighbours money went into her account on Wednesday she received the letter this morning

Our letters arrived yesterday :-)

No sign here yet.

letter arrived yesterday :-D

Had notification the other day.


Surname near the end of the alphabet so will have to wait.

OH's went in to the account on Wednesday. The letter arrived today.

government and sense? in the same sentence..............wash yer mouth out, Ann

the problem with that IGP is that it is a sensible suggestion ;-)

My letter received yesterday. TWO sheets of A4 paper in an A5 envelope to tell me I will receive £100.

Given that they will be sending out some 10 million of these letters, surely there is scope for saving some serious money here.....!

It would have been courteous of DWP to inform pensioners
who live in the excluded countries & who have been recieving the payment for years, having originally satisfied all the qualifying criteria, that they will no longer be eligible.
Many of us are now in our 70s & 80s with increasingly poor health & just like everywhere else, our fuel bills pretty well double over the winter months.
It is a Winter Fuel Allowance, not a cold weather payment.
Just as a matter of interest, for the past week, the daytime temperature in Menorca has been around 11c, falling to 4 or 5 overnight & accompanied by torrential rain & 80 kilometer per hour winds. It´s only November yet. Winter hasn´t really started.
Still waiting to be officially informed.

EDIT

Sorry D E T, i've more or less duplicated your post


As I understand it, so far......

The older, 60+year old in the UK gets the full £200,per household,
but when the second person reaches 60, it is divided between the two
£100 each,
no idea what happens if 3 or more are living together....

however when 80+ is reached it goes upto £300 per household

Qualifications for getting WFA


Winter Fuel Payment







1.Overview


2.What you'll get

3. Eligibility

4.How to claim



3. Eligibility

You’ll qualify for Winter Fuel Payment if:
you were born on or before 5 January 1953 (for winter 2015 to 2016 - this date changes every year)
you’ll be living in the UK throughout the week of 21 to 27 September 2015

You may be able to get the payment if you live in Switzerland or a European Economic Area (EEA) country and you have a genuine link with the UK.


You can’t get the payment if you live in Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Malta, Portugal or Spain because the average winter temperature is higher than the warmest region of the UK.

When you won’t qualify

You won’t qualify if throughout the week of 21 to 27 September 2015 you:
are in prison
are in hospital getting free treatment for more than 52 weeks
need permission to enter the UK and don’t qualify for help from the Department for Work and Pensions
>>>have lived in a care home for the previous 12 weeks or more and get Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance
lived in Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Malta, Portugal or Spain

Change of circumstance

Report any change of circumstance as these can affect how much you get. For example, if the qualifying person stops getting a benefit, moves out, dies or goes into care.

Contact the office paying your benefits - their details are on any letters they sent you.

Most Winter Fuel Payments are paid automatically. Write to the office that pays your Winter Fuel Payment if you want to cancel it.