Cold Weather Payments have been triggered in up to 148 areas, the DWP has announced.
More than 200,000 people will receive the support, which is targeted at low-income households to help with heating bills which were run up during last week’s bitter cold snap.
Residents in the 148 postcode areas will receive the £25 payments after the Met Office confirmed that they endured subzero temperatures for seven consecutive days.
The new payments confirmed this morning will affect postcodes in parts of Greater Manchester, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Essex, Carlisle and Powys in Wales.
They follow on from the announcement of payments to over 210,000 people in other parts of England and Wales which was made last week.
You can see the payments on our interactive map here.
In total, more than 1.18 million Cold Weather Payments have now been triggered so far this winter – costing the DWP around £29.5million.
Some postcode areas in the Lake District have had three payments, meaning eligible recipients there will have been paid £75 towards their heating bills this winter.
Cold Weather Payments are triggered during cold spells between November 1 and March 31, when the Met Office confirms that the average temperature is zero degrees or below for seven consecutive days at a particular weather station.
The payments are made to people in England and Wales who receive a range of benefits including Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Universal Credit, Support for Mortgage Interest.
Not everyone on these benefits will automatically receive a Cold Weather Payment. There are a number of factors which will determine whether a payment will be made and full details of those eligible are here.
A separate scheme is operated in Northern Ireland along similar lines but in Scotland, the support for heating bills is not linked to specific spells of cold weather.
Temperatures fell to below minus 9C in some parts of England and Wales in the middle of last week and payments were triggered for 210,000 people on January 13 for the week running up to January 19 based on Met Office forecasts.
The payments announced today are for the same time period and were made after experts at five weather stations examined the data and found that temperatures in those areas also averaged zero degrees or below.
The full list of postcode areas announced today which will be eligible for the £25 payment are:
Rochdale weather station (for Jan 13-19)
BL0 Ramsbottom, Bury
BL1 Bolton
BL2 Bolton
BL3 Bolton
BL4 Bolton
BL5 Westhoughton, Bolton
BL6 Horwich, Bolton
BL7 Bolton
BL8 Bury
BL9 Bury
M24 Middleton, Rochdale
M26 Bury
OL1 Oldham
OL2 Shaw, Oldham
OL3 Saddleworth, Oldham
OL4 Oldham
OL5 Mossley, Tameside
OL6 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
OL7 Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
OL8 Oldham
OL9 Oldham
OL10 Heywood, Rochdale
OL11 Rochdale
OL12 Rochdale
OL15 Rochdale
OL16 Rochdale
SK15 Tameside
Charlwood weather station, Surrey – Jan 13 to Jan 19
BN5 Henfield, West Sussex
BN6 Clayton, West Sussex
BN44 Steyning, West Sussex
GU5 Wonersh, Surrey
GU6 Cranleigh, Surrey
ME6 Snodland, Kent
ME14 Maidstone, Kent
ME15 Maidstone, Kent
ME16 Maidstone, Kent
ME17 Leeds, Kent
ME18 West Farleigh, Kent
ME19 West Malling, Kent
ME20 Ditton, Kent
RH1 Reigate and Banstead, Surrey
RH2 Reigate and Banstead, Surrey
RH3 Brockham, Surrey
RH4 Dorking, Surrey
RH5 Capel, Surrey
RH6 Horley, Surrey
RH7 Lingfield, Surrey
RH8 Limpsfield, Surrey
RH9 Godstone, Surrey
RH10 Crawley, West Sussex
RH11 Crawley, West Sussex
RH12 Horsham, West Sussex
RH13 Southwater, West Sussex
RH14 Wisborough Green, West Sussex
RH15 Burgess Hill, West Sussex
RH16 Haywards Heath, West Sussex
RH17 Cuckfield Rural, West Sussex
RH18 Forest Row, East Sussex
RH19 East Grinstead, West Sussex
RH20 Storrington, West Sussex
TN1 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
TN2 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
TN3 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
TN4 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
TN5 Wadhurst, East Sussex
TN6 Crowborough, East Sussex
TN7 Hartfield, East Sussex
TN8 Edenbridge, Kent
TN9 Tonbridge, Kent
TN10 Tonbridge, Kent
TN11 Tonbridge, Kent
TN12 Yalding, Kent
TN13 Sevenoaks, Kent
TN14 Dunton Green, Kent
TN15 Wrotham, Kent
TN16 Greater London
TN17 Cranbrook, Kent
TN18 Four Throws, Kent
TN19 Burwash, East Sussex
TN20 Mayfield, East Sussex
TN22 Uckfield, East Sussex
TN27 Smarden, Kent
Wattisham weather station (Suffolk) – Jan 14 to Jan 20
CB8 Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
CB9 Haverhill, Suffolk
CO1 Colchester, Essex
CO2 Colchester, Essex
CO3 Colchester, Essex
CO4 Colchester, Essex
CO5 Layer Breton, Essex
CO6 Fordham, Essex
CO7 Elmstead, Essex
CO8 Bures Hamlet, Essex
CO10 Sudbury, Suffolk
CO11 Mistley, Essex
CO12 Harwich, Essex
CO13 Frinton and Walton, Essex
CO14 Frinton and Walton, Essex
CO15 Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
CO16 Little Clacton, Essex
IP1 Ipswich, Suffolk
IP2 Ipswich, Suffolk
IP3 Ipswich, Suffolk
IP4 Ipswich, Suffolk
IP5 Kesgrave, Suffolk
IP6 Hemingstone, Suffolk
IP7 Aldham, Suffolk
IP8 Sproughton, Suffolk
IP9 Holbrook, Suffolk
IP10 Levington, Suffolk
IP11 Felixstowe, Suffolk
IP12 Bromeswell, Suffolk
IP13 Kettleburgh, Suffolk
IP14 Stowupland, Suffolk
IP15 Aldeburgh, Suffolk
IP16 Leiston, Suffolk
IP17 Kelsale, Suffolk
IP18 Southwold, Suffolk
IP19 Halesworth, Suffolk
IP20 Harleston, Norfolk
IP21 Syleham, Suffolk
IP22 Wortham, Suffolk
IP23 Eye, Suffolk
IP29 Whepstead, Suffolk
IP30 Hessett, Suffolk
IP31 Pakenham, Suffolk
IP32 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
IP33 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Carlisle weather station, Cumbria – Jan 13 to Jan 19
CA1 Carlisle, Cumbria
CA2 Carlisle, Cumbria
CA3 Carlisle, Cumbria
CA4 Wetheral, Cumbria
CA5 Orton, Cumbria
CA6 Kirklinton, Cumbria
CA7 Waverton, Cumbria
CA8 Brampton, Cumbria
DG16 Gretna border (parts in England)
Llysdinam weather station, Powys, Wales – Jan 13 to Jan 19
LD1 Llandrindod Wells, Powys
LD2 Duhonw, Powys
LD4 Llangamarch, Powys
LD5 Treflys, Powys
LD6 Rhayader, Powys
LD7 Knighton, Powys
LD8 Presteigne, Powys
SA19 Talley, Carmarthenshire
SA20 Llandovery, Carmarthenshire
SY7 Hopesay, Shropshire
SY9 Lydham, Shropshire
SY18 Llanidloes, Powys
