Older people who receive Pension Credit will be getting Cold Weather Payments to help with heating bills. (People on Job Seekers Allowance with a Pensioner Premium also qualify).
The payments of £25 per week are triggered automatically when temperatures fall below freezing for seven consecutive days. Whether or not you receive a payment depends on your postcode, as each postcode is linked to a specific Met Office weather station.
So far this year, people in most of Calderdale who qualify will receive FOUR payments; however, in parts of Brighouse and Rastrick they will receive TWO.
You can check the exact position for your address by putting your postcode into this on-line information page.
These payments are in addition to the winter fuel allowance, which is paid to everyone aged 60 and over.
The following websites provide more inofmration about the cold weather payments
