{"id":146252,"date":"2025-09-18T23:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146252\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:02:09","slug":"dwp-explains-exact-winter-fuel-payment-amount-as-some-pensioners-only-eligible-for-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146252\/","title":{"rendered":"DWP explains exact Winter Fuel Payment amount as some pensioners only eligible for \u00a3100"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DWP has confirmed the rules around who is eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment and how much pensioners will get<\/p>\n

16:35, 18 Sep 2025Updated 16:40, 18 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP<\/a>) has clarified the exact amount of Winter Fuel Payment that pensioners are set to receive this winter as some will only be eligible for \u00a3100. Around three-quarters of all state pensioners<\/a> are eligible for the payment, according to the Government.<\/p>\n

It comes after the Government announced its U-turn on the payments in June<\/a>, meaning nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the Winter Fuel Payment from the DWP this winter.<\/p>\n

Payments were slashed last year as they became means tested for the first time, with only those on certain benefits<\/a> receiving the payment. The move essentially lowered the income threshold to just \u00a311,600, according to MoneySavingExpert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Under the new changes, pensioners who earn less than \u00a335,000 a year are entitled to a payment of either \u00a3200 or \u00a3300 but pensioners who are in a couple may only receive \u00a3100 due to the new income threshold.<\/p>\n

How much will pensioners get?<\/p>\n

This year, Winter Fuel Payments will be made to everyone in England and Wales born before 22 September 1959.<\/p>\n

However, anyone who is over the income threshold of \u00a335,000 will have their payment recovered by HMRC through the tax system.<\/p>\n

The amount you get depends on your age and how many people are in your household. For example, a household is eligible for the higher amount of \u00a3300 if it includes someone who is over the age of 80.<\/p>\n

Households with people who are above State Pension age but younger than 80 will be eligible for the lower amount of \u00a3200.<\/p>\n

One payment will be made per household, unless they are on an income-related benefit such as Pension Credit. Pensioners who are claiming Pension Credit are entitled to an individual payment, the DWP has confirmed.<\/p>\n

In cases where one member of a household is above the income threshold and the other is not, the household will only get part of the payment.<\/p>\n

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For example, a couple who both fall below the income threshold and are both under 80, with neither receiving Pension Credit, will get a payment of \u00a3200.<\/p>\n

However, if one person’s income is above the \u00a335,000 threshold, their half of the payment will be clawed back through the tax system. Therefore, the eligible person will get just \u00a3100.<\/p>\n

The payments are split for couples based on age. So if both people are over 80, the split will be \u00a3150 each.<\/p>\n

If only one is 80 or over, the older person will get \u00a3200 and the younger person will get \u00a3100. If both are under 80 the split will be \u00a3100 each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DWP has confirmed the rules around who is eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment and how much…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,2215,4176,2222,1447,4178,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-146252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-dwp","tag-finance","tag-money","tag-pensioners","tag-pensions","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}