Winter Heating Payment: service level agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers

Annex 1: Client Eligibility

Benefit in Payment / Qualifying Conditions for Winter Heating Payment (WHP)

Income Support (IS) : A person may be entitled to WHP if they receive a disability premium, a severe or enhanced disability premium, any one of the pensioner premiums, a child disability premium within IS or a disability element within Child Tax Credit (CTC) or they have a child under 5 years.

Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA (IB)) : A person may be entitled to WHP if their award includes a disability premium, a severe or enhanced disability premium, any one of the pensioner premiums, a child disability premium within JSA(IB) or a disability element within CTC or they have a child under 5 years.

Income Related Employment Support Allowance (ESA (IR)) : A person may be entitled to WHP if they are placed in the support group or the work-related activity group or receive a severe or enhanced disability premium, pensioner premium, or have a child who is disabled for whom they receive a disability premium within CTC or have a child under 5 years.

Pension Credit (PC) : Entitled to WHP

Support for Mortgage Interest loan (SMI) : In receipt of a Support for Mortgage Interest Loan where no other means tested benefit is in payment-Loan Only Case.

Universal Credit (UC) :

Universal Credit and you're not in employment:

You may be entitled to WHP if you’re not employed or self-employed and also have one of the following: a limited capability for work element, a limited capability for work element with a work related activity element, a child or young person disability element, a child under 5.

Universal Credit and you're employed:

You may be entitled to WHP if you’re employed or self-employed and get a child or young person disability element.