Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP): draft regulations 2024

Part 4 - Amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment

Amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment - under the age of 80

9.—(1) An individual is entitled to be paid £200 if the individual is under the age of 80 throughout the qualifying week and —

(a) lives alone,

(b) receives a relevant benefit whether individually or as a member of a couple, or

(c) lives with no person who meets the eligibility criteria for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment.

(2) An individual is entitled to be paid £100 if the individual is under the age of 80 throughout the qualifying week and lives—

(a) with a person who is under the age of 80 throughout the qualifying week who meets the eligibility criteria for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment,

(b) with a person who is aged 80 or older during the qualifying week who meets the eligibility criteria for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, or

(c) in a care home or independent hospital—

(i) throughout the qualifying week and for the 12 weeks immediately preceding the qualifying week, and

(ii) does not receive a relevant benefit.

(3) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies, Pension Age Winter Heating Payment is only paid to the lead claimant of a relevant benefit.

Amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment - aged 80 or older

10.—(1) An individual is entitled to be paid £300 if the individual is aged 80 or older during the qualifying week and—

(a) lives alone,

(b) receives a relevant benefit whether individually or as a member of a couple, or

(c) lives with no person who meets the eligibility criteria for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment.

(2) An individual is entitled to be paid £200 if the individual is aged 80 or older during the qualifying week and lives with a person who is under the age of 80 throughout the qualifying week who meets the eligibility criteria for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment.

(3) An individual is entitled to be paid £150 if the individual is aged 80 or older during the qualifying week and lives—

(a) with a person who is aged 80 or older during the qualifying week who meets the eligibility criteria for Pension Age Winter Heating Payment, or

(b) in a care home or independent hospital—

(i) throughout the qualifying week and for the 12 weeks immediately preceding the qualifying week, and

(ii) does not receive a relevant benefit.

(4) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies, Pension Age Winter Heating Payment is only paid to the lead claimant of a relevant benefit.

Amount of Pension Age Winter Heating Payment - where receiving a relevant benefit

11. An individual is entitled to be paid £300 if the individual—

(a) is under the age of 80 throughout the qualifying week,

(b) lives with a person who is aged 80 or older during the qualifying week,

(c) receives a relevant benefit as a couple with the person mentioned in paragraph (b), and

(d) is the lead claimant for that relevant benefit.