Who is eligible for Winter Heating Payment

Winter Heating Payment is for people in Scotland who:

• get a particular benefit – this is the ‘qualifying benefit’
• get the qualifying benefit on at least one day between Monday 7 November to Sunday 13 November 2022 – this is the ‘qualifying week’
• meet one other specific requirement of their qualifying benefit

You can read more about how Winter Heating Payment works.

Eligibility for Winter Heating Payment

To get Winter Heating Payment you must get one of the following benefits during the qualifying week:

• Universal Credit
• Pension Credit
• Income Support
• Income based Jobseeker's Allowance
• Income Related Employment Support Allowance
• Support for Mortgage Interest 

Qualifying benefits and requirements

Universal Credit and you're not in employment

You’ll usually get Winter Heating Payment if you’re not employed or self-employed and also have one of the following:

• a limited capability for work element
• a limited capability for work element with a work related activity element
• a child or young person disability element
• a child under 5

Universal Credit and you're employed

You’ll usually get Winter Heating Payment if you’re employed or self-employed and get a child or young person disability element.

Pension Credit

You’ll usually get Winter Heating Payment if you receive Pension Credit.

Income based Jobseeker's Allowance or Income Support

You’ll usually get Winter Heating Payment if you get Income based Jobseeker's Allowance or Income Support and have any of the following:

• a disability premium
• a severe disability premium
• a pensioner premium
• the disability element of Child Tax Credit
• a child under 5

Or receive child disability premium within:

• Income Support
• Income Based Job Seeker's Allowance

Income Related Employment Support Allowance

You’ll usually get Winter Heating Payment if you receive Income Related Employment Support Allowance and have any of the following:

• placed in a support group or a work related activity group
• a severe or enhanced disability premium
• a pensioner premium
• the disability element of Child Tax Credit
• a child under 5

Support for Mortgage Interest

You’ll usually get Winter Heating Payment if you receive Support for Mortgage Interest and have any of the following:

• a disability premium
• a pensioner premium
• a child disability premium
• the disability element of Child Tax Credit
• a child under 5