Almost 1 million to get DWP cold weather payments in update – full postcode list

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced today that nearly a million households in England and Wales will receive Cold Weather Payments to help cover the additional heating costs incurred during last week’s cold snap. The payments, triggered in over 500 postcode areas after seven consecutive days of sub-zero temperatures, will see £25 given to around 950,000 qualifying households currently receiving relevant benefits.

These payments were activated over the weekend and into Monday, as the country experienced plummeting temperatures. Areas affected include Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and further south into the West Midlands, Oxfordshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

So far this winter, a total of 1,236,000 Cold Weather Payments have been triggered, with some regions receiving two £25 payments following cold snaps in November and January. The scheme has cost taxpayers approximately £31 million this winter.

Cold Weather Payments are made to individuals in England and Wales who receive a range of benefits. A similar scheme operates in Northern Ireland, while in Scotland, support for heating bills is provided every winter, regardless of specific cold weather periods.

It is estimated that 3.9 million people are eligible for Cold Weather Payments under the DWP scheme, with 1.2 million of these being Pension Credit recipients.

In total the new payments cover 517 postcode areas. You can see if your postcode has been affected using our interactive map.

Here is a full list of postcode areas to receive the latest payments

11 January

Carlisle weather station – payments to 10,000 households in 9 postcode areas:

CA1 – Carlisle, Cumbria

CA2 – Carlisle, Cumbria

CA3 – Carlisle, Cumbria

CA4 – Wetheral, Cumbria

CA5 – Orton, Cumbria

CA6 – Kirklinton, Cumbria

CA7 – Waverton, Cumbria

CA8 – Brampton, Cumbria

DG16 – Gretna border (parts in England)

Keele weather station (49,000 households)

CW1 – Crewe, Cheshire East

CW2 – Crewe, Cheshire East

CW3 – Bridgemere, Cheshire East

CW5 – Nantwich, Cheshire East

CW12 – Congleton, Cheshire East

ST1 – Stoke-on-Trent

ST2 – Stoke-on-Trent

ST3 – Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 – Stoke-on-Trent

ST5 – Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

ST6 – Stoke-on-Trent

ST7 – Kidsgrove, Staffordshire

ST12 – Barlaston, Staffordshire

ST14 – Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

ST15 – Stone, Staffordshire

ST16 – Stafford, Staffordshire

ST17 – Stafford, Staffordshire

ST18 – Hopton, Staffordshire

ST19 – Penkridge, Staffordshire

ST20 – Gnosall, Staffordshire

ST21 – Eccleshall, Staffordshire

SK10 – Macclesfield, Cheshire East

SK11 – Macclesfield, Cheshire East

Leeming weather station (14,000 households)

DL1 – Darlington

DL2 – Halnaby Ave, Darlington

DL3 – Darlington

DL6 – Winton, North Yorkshire

DL7 – Yafforth, North Yorkshire

DL9 – Colburn, North Yorkshire

DL10 – Skeeby, North Yorkshire

TS9 – Great and Little Broughton, North Yorkshire

TS15 – Kirklevington, Stockton-on-Tees

TS16 – Egglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees

YO7 – Sowerby, North Yorkshire

Llysdinam weather station (4,000 households)

LD1 – Llandrindod Wells, Powys

LD2 – Duhonw, Powys

LD4 – Llangamarch, Powys

LD5 – Treflys, Powys

LD6 – Rhayader, Powys

LD7 – Knighton, Powys

LD8 – Presteigne, Powys

SA19 – Talley, Carmarthenshire

SA20 – Llandovery, Carmarthenshire

SY7 – Hopesay, Shropshire

SY9 – Lydham, Shropshire

SY18 – Llanidloes, Powys

Rostherne weather station (217,000 households)

CW4 – Holmes Chapel, Cheshire East

CW6 – Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester

CW7 – Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester

CW8 – Weaverham, Cheshire West and Chester

CW9 – Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester

CW10 – Middlewich, Cheshire East

CW11 – Sandbach, Cheshire East

M1 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M2 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M3 – Salford

M4 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M5 – Salford

M6 – Salford

M7 – Salford

M8 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M9 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M11 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M12 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M13 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M14 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M15 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M16 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M17 – Urmston, Trafford

M18 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M19 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M20 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M21 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M22 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M23 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M25 – Bury

M27 – Salford

M28 – Walkden, Salford

M29 – Pemberton, Wigan

M30 – Salford

M31 – Partington, Trafford

M32 – Urmston, Trafford

M33 – Trafford

M34 – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

M35 – Oldham

M38 – Walkden, Salford

M40 – Manchester, Greater Manchester

M41 – Urmston, Trafford

M43 – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

M44 – Salford

M45 – Bury

M46 – Pemberton, Wigan

M50 – Salford Quays, Salford

M90 – Ringway, Greater Manchester

PR7 – Chorley, Lancashire

SK1 – Stockport

SK2 – Stockport

SK3 – Stockport

SK4 – Stockport

SK5 – Stockport

SK6 – Stockport

SK7 – Cheadle, Stockport

SK8 – Stockport

SK9 – Macclesfield, Cheshire East

SK12 – Poynton, Cheshire East

SK14 – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

SK16 – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

WA1 – Birchwood, Warrington

WA2 – Birchwood, Warrington

WA3 – Croft, Warrington

WA4 – Appleton, Warrington

WA5 – Great Sankey, Warrington

WA6 – Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester

WA7 – Runcorn, Halton

WA8 – Runcorn, Halton

WA9 – St Helens

WA10 – St Helens

WA11 – St Helens

WA12 – St Helens

WA13 – Lymm, Warrington

WA14 – Trafford

WA15 – Trafford

WA16 – Knutsford, Cheshire East

WN1 – Pemberton, Wigan

WN2 – Pemberton, Wigan

WN3 – Pemberton, Wigan

WN4 – Pemberton, Wigan

WN5 – Pemberton, Wigan

WN6 – Pemberton, Wigan

WN7 – Leigh, Wigan

WN8 – Ormskirk, Lancashire

12 January

Rochdale weather station (83,000 households)

BL0 – Ramsbottom, Bury

BL1 – Bolton

BL2 – Bolton

BL3 – Bolton

BL4 – Bolton

BL5 – Westhoughton, Bolton

BL6 – Horwich, Bolton

BL7 – Bolton

BL8 – Bury

BL9 – Bury

M24 – Middleton, Rochdale

M26 – Bury

OL1 – Oldham

OL2 – Shaw, Oldham

OL3 – Saddleworth, Oldham

OL4 – Oldham

OL5 – Mossley, Tameside

OL6 – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

OL7 – Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

OL8 – Oldham

OL9 – Oldham

OL10 – Heywood, Rochdale

OL11 – Rochdale

OL12 – Rochdale

OL15 – Rochdale

OL16 – Rochdale

SK15 – Tameside

Stonyhurst weather station (27,000 households)

FY8 – Lytham Saint Annes, Lancashire

PR1 – Preston, Lancashire

PR2 – Preston, Lancashire

PR3 – Claughton, Lancashire

PR4 – Freckleton, Lancashire

PR5 – Bamber Bridge, Lancashire

PR25 – Leyland, Lancashire

PR26 – Leyland, Lancashire

BB1 – Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen

BB2 – Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen

BB3 – Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen

BB5 – Accrington, Lancashire

BB6 – Accrington, Lancashire

BB7 – Clitheroe, Lancashire

LA2 – Caton, Lancashire

LA6 – Whittingham, Lancashire

LA7 – Milnthorpe, Cumbria

PR6 – Chorley, Lancashire

Shawbury weather station (27,000 households)

SY1 – Shrewsbury, Shropshire

SY2 – Shrewsbury, Shropshire

SY3 – Shrewsbury, Shropshire

SY4 – Myddle, Shropshire

SY5 – Longden, Shropshire

SY6 – Church Stretton, Shropshire

SY11 – Oswestry, Shropshire

SY12 – Ellesmere, Shropshire

SY13 – Whitchurch Rural, Shropshire

TF1 – Wellington, Telford and Wrekin

TF2 – St Georges and Priorslee, Telford and Wrekin

TF3 – Hollinswood, Telford and Wrekin

TF4 – Telford, Telford and Wrekin

TF5 – Wellington, Telford and Wrekin

TF6 – Rodington, Telford and Wrekin

TF7 – Madeley, Telford and Wrekin

TF8 – The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin

TF9 – Sutton upon Tern, Shropshire

TF10 – Newport, Telford and Wrekin

TF11 – Shifnal, Shropshire

TF12 – Broseley, Shropshire

TF13 – Much Wenlock, Shropshire

13 January

Benson weather station (19,000 households)

HP5 – Chesham, Buckinghamshire

HP6 – Amersham, Buckinghamshire

HP7 – Amersham, Buckinghamshire

HP8 – Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire

HP9 – Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

HP10 – Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

HP11 – High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

HP12 – High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

HP13 – High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

HP14 – Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

HP15 – Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire

HP16 – Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

HP17 – Dinton, Buckinghamshire

HP18 – Ashendon, Buckinghamshire

HP19 – Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

HP20 – Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

HP21 – Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

HP22 – Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire

HP23 – Tring, Hertfordshire

HP27 – Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire

OX9 – Thame, Oxfordshire

OX10 – Wallingford, Oxfordshire

OX33 – Holton, Oxfordshire

OX39 – Chinnor, Oxfordshire

OX44 – Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire

OX49 – Watlington, Oxfordshire

RG9 – Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire

SL7 – Marlow, Buckinghamshire

SL8 – Wooburn, Buckinghamshire

SL9 – Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire

Bramham weather station (71,000 households)

HG1 – Harrogate, North Yorkshire

HG2 – Harrogate, North Yorkshire

HG3 – Clint, North Yorkshire

HG4 – North Stainley, North Yorkshire

HG5 – Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

LS1 – Leeds

LS2 – Leeds

LS3 – Leeds

LS4 – Leeds

LS5 – Leeds

LS6 – Leeds

LS7 – Leeds

LS8 – Leeds

LS9 – Leeds

LS10 – Leeds

LS11 – Leeds

LS12 – Leeds

LS13 – Leeds

LS14 – Leeds

LS15 – Leeds

LS16 – Leeds

LS17 – Harewood, Leeds

LS18 – Leeds

LS19 – Guiseley, Leeds

LS20 – Guiseley, Leeds

LS22 – Wetherby, Leeds

LS23 – Boston Spa, Leeds

LS24 – Grimston, North Yorkshire

LS25 – Micklefield, Leeds

LS26 – Rothwell, Leeds

LS27 – Gildersome, Leeds

LS28 – Leeds

YO1 – York

YO8 – Selby, North Yorkshire

YO10 – Heslington, York

YO19 – Wheldrake, York

YO23 – Copmanthorpe, York

YO24 – York

YO26 – Upper Poppleton, York

YO30 – Rawcliffe, York

YO31 – York

YO32 – Earswick, York

YO41 – Catton, East Riding of Yorkshire

YO42 – Barmby Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire

YO43 – Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire

YO51 – Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire

YO60 – Thornton-le-Clay, North Yorkshire

YO61 – Easingwold, North Yorkshire

Coleshill weather station (313,000 households)

B1 – Birmingham

B2 – Birmingham

B3 – Birmingham

B4 – Birmingham

B5 – Birmingham

B6 – Birmingham

B7 – Birmingham

B8 – Birmingham

B9 – Birmingham

B10 – Birmingham

B11 – Birmingham

B12 – Birmingham

B13 – Birmingham

B14 – Birmingham

B15 – Birmingham

B16 – Birmingham

B17 – Birmingham

B18 – Birmingham

B19 – Birmingham

B20 – Birmingham

B21 – Birmingham

B23 – Birmingham

B24 – Birmingham

B25 – Birmingham

B26 – Birmingham

B27 – Birmingham

B28 – Birmingham

B29 – Birmingham

B30 – Birmingham

B31 – Birmingham

B32 – Birmingham

B33 – Birmingham

B34 – Birmingham

B35 – Birmingham

B36 – Castle Bromwich, Solihull

B37 – Chelmsley Wood, Solihull

B38 – Tees Grove, Birmingham

B40 – Bickenhill, Solihull

B42 – Birmingham

B43 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B44 – Birmingham

B45 – Birmingham

B46 – Coleshill, Warwickshire

B47 – Wythall, Worcestershire

B48 – Alvechurch, Worcestershire

B49 – Alcester, Warwickshire

B50 – Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire

B60 – Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

B61 – Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

B62 – Hurst Green, Dudley

B63 – Hurst Green, Dudley

B64 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B65 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B66 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B67 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B68 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B69 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B70 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B71 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

B72 – Birmingham

B73 – Birmingham

B74 – Birmingham

B75 – Birmingham

B76 – Birmingham

B77 – Tamworth, Staffordshire

B78 – Tamworth, Staffordshire

B79 – Wigginton, Staffordshire

B80 – Studley, Warwickshire

B90 – Solihull

B91 – Solihull

B92 – Solihull

B93 – Dorridge, Solihull

B94 – Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire

B95 – Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire

B96 – Redditch, Worcestershire

B97 – Redditch, Worcestershire

B98 – Redditch, Worcestershire

CV1 – Coventry

CV2 – Coventry

CV3 – Coventry

CV4 – Coventry

CV5 – Coventry

CV6 – Coventry

CV7 – Hawkes End, Coventry

CV8 – Kenilworth, Warwickshire

CV9 – Atherstone, Warwickshire

CV10 – Nuneaton, Warwickshire

CV11 – Nuneaton, Warwickshire

CV12 – Bedworth, Warwickshire

CV21 – Rugby, Warwickshire

CV22 – Rugby, Warwickshire

CV23 – Dunchurch, Warwickshire

CV31 – Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

CV32 – Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

CV33 – Radford Semele, Warwickshire

CV34 – Warwick, Warwickshire

CV35 – Wasperton, Warwickshire

CV37 – Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire

CV47 – Ladbroke, Warwickshire

DY1 – Dudley

DY2 – Dudley

DY3 – Dudley

DY4 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

DY5 – Dudley

DY6 – Dudley

DY7 – Kinver, Staffordshire

DY8 – Dudley

DY9 – Dudley

DY10 – Kidderminster, Worcestershire

DY11 – Kidderminster, Worcestershire

DY12 – Upper Arley, Worcestershire

DY13 – Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire

DY14 – Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire

LE10 – Hinckley, Leicestershire

WS1 – Walsall

WS2 – Walsall

WS3 – Willenhall, Walsall

WS4 – Walsall

WS5 – Walsall

WS6 – Great Wyrley, Staffordshire

WS7 – Burntwood, Staffordshire

WS8 – Brownhills, Walsall

WS9 – Aldridge, Walsall

WS10 – West Bromwich, Sandwell

WS11 – Cannock, Staffordshire

WS12 – Cannock, Staffordshire

WS13 – Lichfield, Staffordshire

WS14 – Swinfen and Packington, Staffordshire

WS15 – Brereton, Staffordshire

WV1 – Wolverhampton

WV2 – Wolverhampton

WV3 – Wolverhampton

WV4 – Wolverhampton

WV5 – Wombourne, Staffordshire

WV6 – Wolverhampton

WV7 – Albrighton, Shropshire

WV8 – Bilbrook, Staffordshire

WV9 – Wolverhampton

WV10 – Wednesfield, Wolverhampton

WV11 – Wednesfield, Wolverhampton

WV12 – Willenhall, Walsall

WV13 – Willenhall, Walsall

WV14 – Wednesfield, Wolverhampton

WV15 – Bridgnorth, Shropshire

WV16 – Chetton, Shropshire

Little Rissington weather station (7000 households)

CV36 – Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire

GL54 – Naunton, Gloucestershire

GL55 – Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

GL56 – Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

OX7 – Chadlington, Oxfordshire

OX15 – Tadmarton, Oxfordshire

OX16 – Banbury, Oxfordshire

OX17 – Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire

WR12 – Broadway, Worcestershire

Marham weather station (25,000 households)

CB6 – Downham, Cambridgeshire

CB7 – Soham, Cambridgeshire

IP24 – Thetford, Norfolk

IP25 – Ovington, Norfolk

IP26 – Methwold, Norfolk

IP27 – Brandon, Suffolk

IP28 – Tuddenham, Suffolk

PE12 – Fleet, Lincolnshire

PE13 – Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

PE14 – Emneth, Norfolk

PE30 – King’s Lynn, Norfolk

PE31 – Snettisham, Norfolk

PE32 – West Acre, Norfolk

PE33 – Shouldham, Norfolk

PE34 – Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk

PE35 – Sandringham, Norfolk

PE36 – Old Hunstanton, Norfolk

PE37 – Swaffham, Norfolk

PE38 – Denver, Norfolk

Wittering weather station (25,000 households)

LE15 – Hambleton, Rutland

NN14 – Warkton, Northamptonshire

NN15 – Kettering, Northamptonshire

NN16 – Kettering, Northamptonshire

NN17 – Corby, Northamptonshire

NN18 – Corby, Northamptonshire

PE1 – Peterborough

PE2 – Peterborough

PE3 – Peterborough

PE4 – Peterborough

PE5 – Ailsworth, Peterborough

PE6 – Deeping St James, Lincolnshire

PE7 – Farcet, Cambridgeshire

PE8 – Tansor, Northamptonshire

PE9 – Stamford, Lincolnshire

PE15 – March, Cambridgeshire

PE16 – Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

PE26 – Ramsey, Cambridgeshire

PE27 – St Ives, Cambridgeshire

PE28 – The Stukeleys, Cambridgeshire

PE29 – Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Woburn weather station (45,000 households)

MK1 – Bletchley, Milton Keynes

MK2 – Bletchley, Milton Keynes

MK3 – Bletchley, Milton Keynes

MK4 – Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes

MK5 – Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes

MK6 – Woughton On The Green, Milton Keynes

MK7 – Walton, Milton Keynes

MK8 – Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes

MK9 – Milton Keynes

MK10 – Milton Keynes

MK11 – Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes

MK12 – Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes

MK13 – Bradwell, Milton Keynes

MK14 – Stantonbury, Milton Keynes

MK15 – Willen, Milton Keynes

MK16 – Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes

MK17 – Bow Brickhill, Milton Keynes

MK19 – Cosgrove, Northamptonshire

MK40 – Bedford, Bedford Borough

MK41 – Bedford, Bedford Borough

MK42 – Kempston, Bedford Borough

MK43 – Kempston Rural, Bedford Borough

MK44 – Wilden, Bedford Borough

MK45 – Maulden, Central Bedfordshire

MK46 – Clifton Reynes, Milton Keynes

NN8 – Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

NN9 – Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

NN10 – Rushden, Northamptonshire

NN29 – Wollaston, Northamptonshire

PE19 – St Neots, Cambridgeshire

SG5 – Ickleford, Hertfordshire

SG6 – Hitchin, Hertfordshire

SG7 – Bygrave, Hertfordshire

SG15 – Arlesey, Central Bedfordshire

SG16 – Henlow, Central Bedfordshire

SG17 – Shefford, Central Bedfordshire

SG18 – Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire

SG19 – Everton, Central Bedfordshire