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Final date £600 Winter Fuel payment will be made confirmed by DWP
THE final date £600 Winter Fuel payments will be made has been confirmed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Most eligible pensioners should have received the one-off payment by now, but the department has advised everyone should have their payment by January 13
The final date pensioners can expect their £600 Winter Fuel payment has been confirmed[/caption]
Already 11.6 million payments have been made to eligible pensioners across the country, costing around £4.6 billion.
DWP says most people who have been able to claim the payment has already received it.
But payments are expected to continue into January which are paid directly into the recipient’s bank account.
If a payment is not received by January 13, should contact the Winter Fuel Payment Centre online or by telephone.
The Winter Fuel Payments are payments are paid out automatically in most cases, but some will need to make a claim.
People who do not receive benefits or the State Pension and have not received a Winter Fuel Payment may need to make a request.
Claims can be made up to March 31 2023 and those who would like to check if they fit the criteria can check here.
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said: “As the cold weather bites, it is good to be able to confirm that over 99 percent of eligible pensioners have already received as much as £600 to help with their energy bills this winter.
“These payments are just one part of the wider support package we are delivering to help with rising bills, with additional help to follow next year – including the biggest State Pension increase in history.”
It comes as a woman was left stunned when the DWP wrote her a letter to say her dead dad was getting a winter fuel payment of £600.
Zara Rayson got the letter expressing sympathy for the death of her dad Barry in October but went on to say the money was still going to be paid in three weeks time.
The office manager was left “totally confused” – especially as his bank account is due to be closed this week.
But it has emerged pensioners that have died have been paid an allowance for their winter fuel because of a bizarre government loophole.
The DWP calculates each year’s payment based on a “qualifying week” in September.
It does not withdraw the offer if the claimant dies before the money is paid out, as in Barry’s case.
DWP sent me a letter saying my dead dad was getting £600 winter fuel payment
A WOMAN was stunned when the DWP wrote her a letter to say her dead dad was getting a winter fuel payment of £600.
Zara Rayson got the letter expressing sympathy for the death of her dad Barry in October but went on to say the money was still going to be paid in three weeks time.
The office manager was left “totally confused” – especially as his bank account is due to be closed this week.
But it has emerged pensioners that have died have been paid an allowance for their winter fuel because of a bizarre government loophole.
The DWP calculates each year’s payment based on a “qualifying week” in September.
It does not withdraw the offer if the claimant dies before the money is paid out, as in Barry’s case.
Zara, 58, said she wants the DWP to give the fuel allowance to a struggling family instead.
Zara, of Stroud, Gloucs, told The Sun: “No wonder the country is in such a mess.
“It’s come as such a surprise. How are they giving dead people payments of £600?
“I cannot believe it. It’s just a mess. People are on the breadline but they’re sending out these payments to people who are no longer alive.
“It’s not as if they thought he was alive still, in the letter they express sympathy for his death. It’s a real shock.”
Barry died aged 89 on October 25.
In the letter, the DWP wrote: “Dear Zara Rayson, We are sorry to learn of the death of Barry Lendon.
“The Winter Fuel Payment that is due to Barry Lendon for winter 2022/2023 is £600.
“We will send this payment within the next three weeks.”
Anyone who was above the age of 66 in September this year is eligible for a payment, unless they have been in hospital receiving free treatment for more than a year or were in prison during the qualifying period.
The DWP has been approached for comment.
Dozens of health conditions could make you entitled to claim £156 a week from DWP – here’s the full list
SEVERAL health conditions could entitle Brits to £156 a week from the Government.
Just short of three million people in the UK were claiming Personal Independence Payments by the end of April, according to the latest official figures.
Payments are made by the DWP to people who have long-term health conditions[/caption]
But it is believed millions more may be entitled due to their health issue.
The instalments from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) are paid to those who have a long-term health conditions.
Government data shows as many as 70 health conditions which could entitle you to a payment.
And the DWP says 35 per cent of PIP claimants land the full amount, which could be over £600 a month.
In order to claim PIP, you would have to be assessed by a health professional to establish a health disability and work out how much you would be entitled to claim.
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The assessment would also need to demonstrate that you have had difficulties with daily living for three months or expect these difficulties to continue for at least nine months.
These are the 70 health conditions that have received payment from the DWP.
Cerebrovascular disease
- Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
- Cerebrovascular disease – Other / type not known
- Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs – also referred to as a “mini-stroke”)
Epilepsy
- Cataplexy (a sudden muscle weakness that occurs when someone is awake)
- Generalised seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Generalised seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Narcolepsy (rare brain condition that causes people to fall asleep)
- Partial seizures (with status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Partial seizures (without status epilepticus in last 12 months)
- Seizures – unclassified
- Sleep apnea
Non epileptic disturbance of consciousness
- Disturbances of consciousness – Non-epileptic – Other / type not known
- Drop attacks (sudden falls that occur without triggers)
- Non epileptic Attack disorder (pseudoseizures)
- Stokes Adams attacks (cardiovascular syncope – collapsing without warning)
- Syncope – Other / type not known
Movement disorders
- Blepharospasm (non-deliberate blinking or twitching from the eyelids)
- Essential tremor – benign
- Huntington’s disease
- Movement disorders – Other / type not known
- Parkinson’s disease
- Parkinson’s syndrome / Parkinsonism
- Torticollis (tightness and cramp in neck muscles)
- Tourette’s syndrome
- Writer’s cramp
- Multiple sclerosis
Benign tumours
- Neurofibromatosis (condition that causes tumours to grow on the nerves)
- Tumours – benign – Other / type not known
Those with long-term health issues could be entitled to £156 a week from the Government[/caption]
Headache
- Hydrocephalus (build-up of fluid on the brain)
- Dizziness – cause not specified
- Headache – Other causes of / cause not known
- Migraine
Head injury
- Head injury – Cognitive and sensorimotor impairment
- Head injury – Cognitive impairment
- Head injury – Sensorimotor impairment
Spinal cord compression
- Paraplegia (traumatic) – (loss of movement in the legs)
- Spinal cord compression – Other causes of / cause not known
- Syringomyelia / Syringobulbia (rare spinal injury)
- Tetraplegia (traumatic) – (inability to move upper or lower parts of your body)
Degenerative neuronal diseases
- Degenerative neuronal diseases – Other / type not known
- Motor neurone disease
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Cerebral palsy
- Cerebral palsy – Ataxic
- Cerebral palsy – Athetoid
- Cerebral palsy – Diplegic
- Cerebral palsy – Hemiplegic
- Cerebral palsy – Other / type not known
- Cerebral palsy – Quadriplegic
Spina bifida
Ataxia
- Ataxia – Friedrich’s (inherited disorder that affects the nerves)
- Ataxias – Other / type not known
Neuropathy
- Charcot Marie Tooth disease (inherited disorder that affects the nerves)
- Diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage)
- Guillain Barre syndrome (rare conditions that affects the nerves)
- Neuropathies – Other / type not known including peripheral
Peripheral nerve injury
- Brachial plexus (nerve damage in the shoulder, arm and hand)
- Peripheral nerve injury – Other / type not known
Disease of muscle
- Dermatomyositis (rare condition that causes muscle damage/weakness)
- Dystrophia myotonica (rare condition that causes muscle damage/weakness)
- Muscle – Other diseases of / type not known
- Myasthenia gravis (rare condition that causes muscle damage/weakness)
- Polymyositis (inflammatory disease which causes muscle weakness)
Muscular dystrophy
- Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (disorder of muscle weakness)
- Muscular dystrophy – Becker type
- Muscular dystrophy – Duchenne
- Muscular dystrophy – limb girdle
- Muscular dystrophy – Other / type not known
Infections
- Creutzfeldt – Jacob disease (CJD) (Rare condition that affects the brain)
- Infections – Other
- Poliomyelitis and post polio syndrome (non-contagious condition that can affect polio survivors)
- Prion diseases – Other / type not known
Other neurological disorders
Neurological disorders – Other / type not known