Heating Allowance

[Connemmara]

Hi guys looking for your help - do you know if you are over 70 years old do you get more heating allowance. ie would it go from £200 to £300. Thanks

[mikey4444]

Thanks yorkylass...our posts crossed ! So I can look forward to my payment in two years time then ?

[Yorky Lass]

Mickey didn't you see my answer?

[ubasses]

Payment of the winter fuel allowance is paid in line with the minimum retirement age for women.(for both men and womenn) ie. I am have just become 61 and will get my pension in 2015 at the age of 63years and 8 months. That is when I will also get the fuel payment.

[mikey4444]

Thanks everybody...something to look forward to then !

[Yorky Lass]

Yes, mickey it's two years not next year sorry.
Ubasses, Winterfuel payment is nothing whatsoever to do with womens retirement dates. Are you thinking of the free bus passes as they are?

[mikey4444]

I am also confused by womens retirement dates. It seems that this payment is paid to everybody over 60 ( depending on exactly when your birthday is)

By the way, move to the Peoples Republic of Wales...we all get a bus pass when we are 60, both sexes, on the very day of our 60th birthday !

[Yorky Lass]

You jammy devils, I has to wait 6 months for my bus pass. That isn't too bad compared to some though.

[bednobs]

is that "people's republic of Wales - not ALWAYS raining"?

[mikey4444]

Bednobs.......actually we have had one of the best summers on record this year ! Our normal monsoon that starts in early July and lasts until the end of September has been put on hold.

Anyway, we such beautiful green hills here, no doubt due to the sogginess !

[Connemmara]

for mikey https://www.gov.uk/calculate-state-pension/y - calculate your state pension age - then after that you should receive winter fuel allowance. I think a good few months has to elapse though.

[ubasses]

I have copy and pasted the following paragraphs. It clearly states in para 2 that men get it on reaching the womens retirement age.

Who can get a Winter Fuel Payment

If you're a woman, you can claim a Winter Fuel Payment when you reach state pension age. You must be state pension age in the qualifying week for the winter concerned. The qualifying week always begins on the third Monday of September.

If you're a man, you can claim a Winter Fuel Payment when you reach the state pension age of a woman with the same date of birth as you. You must be this age in the qualifying week for the winter concerned. To qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment for the winter of 2013/2014 you must have been born on or before 5 January 1952.