If a person lives alone or no one else in the household is eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment

• £500 if the person was born between September 25, 1943, and September 24, 1957
• £600 if the person was born before September 25, 1943

If a person lives with someone else who’s eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment

The person’s payment may be different if they get one of the following benefits:

• Pension Credit
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Income Support.

For those who do not get any of the benefits listed above, they will get a payment of either:

• £250 if they and the person they live with were both born between September 25, 1943, and September 24, 1957
• £250 if they were born between September 25, 1943, and September 24, 1957, but the person they live with was born before September 25, 1943
• £350 if they were born before September 25, 1943, but the person they live with was born between September 25, 1943, and September 24, 1957
• £300 if they and the person they live with were both born before September 25, 1943.

If they and their partner jointly claim any of the benefits listed above

One of them will get a payment of either:

• £500 if both of they were born between September 25, 194,3 and September 24, 1957
• £600 if one or both of them were born before September 25, 1943

If they get any of the benefits listed above (not as part of a joint claim)

They will get a payment of either:

• £500 if they were born between September 25, 1943, and September 24, 1957
• £600 if they were born before September 25, 1943

If a person lives in a care home

If they are eligible they will get either:

• £250 if they were born between September 25, 1943, and September 24, 1957
• £300 if they were born before September 25, 1943.

A person who lives in a care home will not be eligible if both of the following apply:

• They get Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• They lived in a care home for the whole time from June 26 to September 24, 2023.