# The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2025, Regulation 3: Amount of a Winter Fuel Payment

Extent: E+W

(1) 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.
(2) 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) a relevant benefit has not been, nor falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
(b) P is—
(i) in that week, living with a person entitled to a winter fuel payment under regulation 2 in respect of the qualifying week, or
(ii) in residential care.
(3) 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) a relevant benefit has been, or falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
(b) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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) a relevant benefit has not been, nor falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
(b) 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.
(6) 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) a relevant benefit has not been, nor falls to be, paid to P in respect of the qualifying week, and
(b) P is—
(i) 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
(ii) in residential care.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/969/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-winter-fuel-payment-regulations-2025/regulation-3
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