Winter Fuel Payment

[coco14]

If you were born on /before 5th Jan 52 you qualify for it. But what happens if you were born on 13th Jan 52 what happens then any help will do

[Mamyalynne]

Winter Fuel Payment qualifying dates
Winter Must be born on or before this date to qualify
2013/2014 5 January 1952
2014/2015 5 July 1952

[hc4361]

You will qualify for it next year

[whistonian]

To qualify for the payment in the winter of 2012-13, you must over 60. Or, to be more precise, your birth date must be on or before July 5 1951. You must also normally live in the UK, though in some circumstances you can receive the payment if you have moved abroad. Looking ahead, you will be eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2013-14 if you were born on or before 5 January 1952, or 5 July 1952 for 2014-15.

You will qualify next year.

[coco14]

Thanks all

[factor-fiction]

So is the date moving forward by only 6 months each year? If so, the age of entitlement will increase by 6 months each year and I wont get it until around age 65

[whistonian]

Don't worry FF it will have been stopped before then.

[ubasses]

Factor if you go to the link below and put your date of birth in and pretend you are female it will calculate the pension date for a woman. If that date is before the cut off date in September of the year you will get WFA if it is after then you will have to wait until the next year. This is regardless of your pension date as a man, unless you will be 65 after the the equalisation of men and women is reached.
https://www.gov.uk/calculate-state-pension/y

[Yorky Lass]

Pension dates have nothing to do with WFA. Mamy is correct with the qualfying dates. See the bottom of this link
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/spread-the-warmth/the-blog/blog/2012/12/winter-fuel-payments-made-simple/

[ubasses]

Below is a link to citizens advice bureau, click on winter fuel payment, the second paragraph under the heading Who Can Get a Winter Fuel Payment clearly states that it is paid when men reach the retirement age of a woman. I am sure the CAB site is thoroughly checked and is correct.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/benefits_e/benefits_older_people_ew/benefits_for_people_over_sixty.htm#winter_fuel_payments

[Yorky Lass]

I stand corrected. It works out exactly the same as following the if you were born before dates listed.