Claim forms
Winter Fuel Payments
Claim form for UK residents for this winter
Claim forms for Winter Fuel Payment for 2008/2009 will be available from the end of July 2008. If you need advice please call the Winter Fuel Helpline
Claim form for UK Residents for past winters
Use this form to claim Winter Fuel Payments for past winters. Claims for backdated Winter Fuel Payments can be made for the years 1997/98, 1998/99 and 1999/2000.
If you want to claim for any winters after 2000/01 you should ring the Winter Fuel Helpline
Please include your birth certificate with this claim form when you post it.
Download, print out and fill in the form, then send it to:
Winter Fuel Payments Centre
Freepost Nat15404
Cardiff
CF91 1WF
Claim form for people living abroad
Winter Fuel claim form – EEA and Switzerland for past winters [WFP2] – [PDF file size 287kb]
If you live outside the UK but within the EEA or Switzerland, use this form to claim your Winter Fuel Payments for past winters. If you are making a past winters claim for any winters after 2000/2001 you should ring the Winter Fuel Payments Helpline before printing and filling out a claim form.
Please include your birth certificate with this claim form when you post it.
Download, print out and fill in the form, then send it to:
International Pension Centre
Winter Fuel Team
Tyneview Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE98 1BA
England
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