Winter Fuel Payments 2024. Prior to 2024, the winter fuel payment was a benefit that was automatically paid to people of and over pension age to help with household heating costs during colder months. Fill in a winter fuel payment claim form for uk residents and sent it to the winter fuel payment centre.

If you are eligible, you could get either £200 or £300 to help you pay your heating bills for winter 2024 to 2025. The stated trigger for the change in eligibility for winter fuel payments is to yield savings that would help alleviate substantial pressures faced by the public finances.