DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area - Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year ...

Payments are issued when temperatures are recorded or forecast to be zero degrees Celsius or lower for seven consecutive days ...

The Department for Work and Pensions triggered its first Cold Weather Payments of the winter season yesterday, with 18 postcode districts across northern England now qualifying for the £25 support.

The Met Office has issued further weather warnings today ...

Cold weather payments worth £25 have been paid to nearly 1.5 million households across England and Wales so far this winter, ...

Around 1.5 million eligible households have received the £25 payments towards their heating bills during spells of sub-zero ...

More than 1.5 million eligible households have received a £25 DWP Cold Weather Payment this winter ...

Meanwhile, Morpeth weather station near Chester-le-Street recorded similar conditions for seven days in a row, with the DWP ...

Almost 1.5 million households have received a £25 Cold Weather Payment since December, including certain residents in Cumbria.

January and February have been wet and cold months ...

It’s worth checking your eligibility so you don’t miss out on money you’re entitled to ...