![]() If you get tax credits, and no other low income benefits, you’ll get your Cost of Living Payment from HMRC shortly after DWP payments begin, if you’re eligible. £299 paid during spring 2024 for most people.£300 paid during autumn 2023 for most people.£301 paid between 25 April 2023 and for most people on DWP benefits. ![]() If money has been taken off for other reasons (such as payments of rent to your landlord or for money that you owe), you might still be eligible. This is sometimes called a ‘nil award’.įor example, if you get Universal Credit, reasons your benefit may be reduced to £0 include getting more than one payment of earnings, your or your partner’s earnings go up, your or your partner’s savings go up, you start getting another benefit. You will not be eligible for the Cost of Living Payment if your benefit is reduced to £0 for the qualifying period. When you will not be eligible: ‘Nil awards’ ![]() This guidance will be updated with the qualifying dates for the £300 and £299 Cost of Living Payments when they have been announced. You are eligible for the first Cost of Living Payment of £301 if you received a payment of tax credits for any day in the period 26 January 2023 to 25 February 2023, or you are later found to have been entitled to a payment for this period. You are also eligible if you are entitled to one of these benefits for any day during this period but you do not receive a benefit payment because your entitlement is between 1 penny and 9 pence. You are eligible for the first Cost of Living Payment of £301 if you were entitled to a payment (or later found to be entitled to a payment) of income-based JSA, income-related ESA, Income Support or Pension Credit for any day in the period 26 January 2023 to 25 February 2023. Income-based JSA, income-based ESA, Income Support and Pension Credit You are eligible for the first Cost of Living Payment of £301 if you were entitled to a payment (or later found to be entitled to a payment) of Universal Credit for an assessment period that ended in the period 26 January 2023 to 25 February 2023. ![]() £301 Cost of Living Payment eligibility Universal Credit If you have a joint claim on the qualifying dates, a single payment of £301, £300 and £299 will be sent using the same payment method used between these dates, if you’re eligible. You will not get a payment if you are only getting New Style ESA, contributory ESA, or New Style JSA.
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