When are payments made?
We will make automatic payments over a number of weeks from early November 2008 until Christmas 2008.
If you have not received your automatic payment by Christmas 2008 you should call the office that pays your benefit or call the Winter Fuel Payment Helpline
If you need to make a claim for a payment for winter 2008/09, you should return your claim form on or before 30 March 2009.
You can get a claim form by calling the Winter Fuel Payment Helpline or by downloading a claim form
We will make payments by Christmas 2008 for successful claims that we receive by 19 September 2008. Successful claims received after 19 September will be paid during early 2009.
If you make a successful claim for a Winter Fuel Payment for this winter, you should get your payment automatically in future but you must let us know about any changes in your circumstances.
We must receive all claim forms for winter 2008/09 on or before 30 March 2009.