Regulation 3 Amount of a Winter Fuel PaymentI1
England and Wales
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where P has not reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, the amount of a winter fuel payment is £200.
Where P has not reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, the amount of a winter fuel payment is £100 where—
a relevant benefit has not been, nor falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
P is—
in that week, living with a person entitled to a winter fuel payment under regulation 2 in respect of the qualifying week, or
in residential care.
Where P has not reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, the amount of a winter fuel payment is £300 where—
a relevant benefit has been, or falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
in that week, P is the partner of and living with a person who has reached the age of 80 in or before that week.
Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), where P has reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, the amount of a winter fuel payment is £300.
Subject to paragraph (6), where P has reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, the amount of a winter fuel payment is £200 where—
a relevant benefit has not been, nor falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
in that week, P is living with a person entitled to a winter fuel payment under regulation 2 in respect of the qualifying week and that person has not reached the age of 80.
Where P has reached the age of 80 in or before the qualifying week, the amount of a winter fuel payment is £150 where—
a relevant benefit has not been, nor falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
P is—
in that week, living with a person entitled to a winter fuel payment under regulation 2 in respect of the qualifying week and that person has reached the age of 80, or
in residential care.
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Reg. 3 in force at 15.9.2025, see reg. 1(1)