What happens to Winter Fuel Payments?
Winter Fuel Payments are paid to households where at least one resident is aged 60 or over. There are special rules for people in residential care. If you are living in a care home in the third week of September, and have been living there for the 12 preceding weeks, you are considered to be ‘living in residential care’. • If you do not get Pension Credit you are entitled to £125 if you are aged 60-79, or £200 if you are aged over 80. • If you get Pension Credit you cannot get a Winter Fuel Payment. If you are not considered to be ‘living in residential care’, for example because you have not been living in a care home for 12 weeks (during the third week in September), then you are entitled to the amount you would receive if you were living in the community. Even if you are not entitled, or entitled to a reduced amount, your partner may be able to receive a payment in their own right. For people who are not living in residential care the payments are normally £250 for a household with
