The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that people in over 160 postcodes are eligible for a Cold Weather Payment.

The new areas cover the Home Counties, Norfolk, Essex, Kent, and almost down to the South Coast in Sussex, making the third payment for some households this winter.

Roughly 170,000 low-income households will subsequently receive a £25 payment to help with heating costs following the DWP's Thursday announcement.

There are 4,000 eligible households in Cumbria, and they are due to receive their third payment of the winter, this time totalling £25.

Eleven other areas, including Kendal, Keswick, and Windermere, will receive a payment of £75 following previous cold spells in November and earlier this month.

This comes after the DWP announced on Wednesday that nearly one million households in 517 postcodes across Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, and the West Midlands were eligible for the payment.

So far this winter, 1.4 million Cold Weather Payments have been made available, which has cost the taxpayer around £35 million.

The payments are designed for people in England and Wales who receive various benefits, and there is a separate scheme in Northern Ireland. In Scotland, support for heating bills is paid every winter and is not linked to specific cold weather periods.

Roughly 3.9 million people are eligible for the DWP's payment scheme, 1.2 million of which receive pension credit. Last year, 364,000 Cold Weather Payments were made across England and Wales, costing £9.1 million.

Charlwood weather station (51,000 households)

BN5 - Henfield, West Sussex

BN6 - Clayton, West Sussex

BN44 - Steyning, West Sussex

GU5 - Wonersh, Surrey

GU6 - Cranleigh, Surrey

ME6 - Snodland, Kent

ME14 - Maidstone, Kent

ME15 - Maidstone, Kent

ME16 - Maidstone, Kent

ME17 - Leeds, Kent

ME18 - West Farleigh, Kent

ME19 - West Malling, Kent

ME20 - Ditton, Kent

RH1 - Reigate and Banstead, Surrey

RH2 - Reigate and Banstead, Surrey

RH3 - Brockham, Surrey

RH4 - Dorking, Surrey

RH5 - Capel, Surrey

RH6 - Horley, Surrey

RH7 - Lingfield, Surrey

RH8 - Limpsfield, Surrey

RH9 - Godstone, Surrey

RH10 - Crawley, West Sussex

RH11 - Crawley, West Sussex

RH12 - Horsham, West Sussex

RH13 - Southwater, West Sussex

RH14 - Wisborough Green, West Sussex

RH15 - Burgess Hill, West Sussex

RH16 - Haywards Heath, West Sussex

RH17 - Cuckfield Rural, West Sussex

RH18 - Forest Row, East Sussex

RH19 - East Grinstead, West Sussex

RH20 - Storrington, West Sussex

TN1 - Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

TN2 - Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

TN3 - Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

TN4 - Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

TN5 - Wadhurst, East Sussex

TN6 - Crowborough, East Sussex

TN7 - Hartfield, East Sussex

TN8 - Edenbridge, Kent

TN9 - Tonbridge, Kent

TN10 - Tonbridge, Kent

TN11 - Tonbridge, Kent

TN12 - Yalding, Kent

TN13 - Sevenoaks, Kent

TN14 - Dunton Green, Kent

TN15 - Wrotham, Kent

TN16 - Greater London

TN17 - Cranbrook, Kent

TN18 - Four Throws, Kent

TN19 - Burwash, East Sussex

TN20 - Mayfield, East Sussex

TN22 - Uckfield, East Sussex

TN27 - Smarden, Kent

 

Andrewsfield weather station (47,000 households)

CB1 - Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

CB2 - Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire

CB3 - Hardwick, Cambridgeshire

CB4 - Impington, Cambridgeshire

CB5 - Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire

CB10 - Saffron Walden, Essex

CB11 - Newport, Essex

CB21 - Balsham, Cambridgeshire

CB22 - Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire

CB23 - Highfields, Cambridgeshire

CB24 - Over, Cambridgeshire

CB25 - Lode, Cambridgeshire

CM1 - Chelmsford, Essex

CM2 - Great Baddow, Essex

CM3 - Danbury, Essex

CM4 - Ingatestone, Essex

CM5 - Ongar, Essex

CM6 - Great Dunmow, Essex

CM7 - Braintree, Essex

CM8 - Witham, Essex

CM9 - Heybridge, Essex

CM11 - Essex

CM12 - Billericay, Essex

CM13 - Brentwood, Essex

CM14 - Brentwood, Essex

CM15 - Brentwood, Essex

CM16 - Epping, Essex

CM17 - Harlow, Essex

CM18 - Harlow, Essex

CM19 - Harlow, Essex

CM20 - Harlow, Essex

CM21 - Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire

CM22 - Great Hallingbury, Essex

CM23 - Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

CM24 - Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex

CM77 - Braintree, Essex

CO9 - Sible Hedingham, Essex

RM4 - Stapleford Abbotts, Essex

SG8 - Melbourn, Cambridgeshire

SG9 - Buntingford, Hertfordshire

SG10 - Much Hadham, Hertfordshire

SG11 - Standon, Hertfordshire

 

Brize Norton weather station (18,000 households)

OX1 - Oxford, Oxfordshire

OX2 - Oxford, Oxfordshire

OX3 - Oxford, Oxfordshire

OX4 - Oxford, Oxfordshire

OX5 - Kidlington, Oxfordshire

OX11 - Didcot, Oxfordshire

OX12 - Wantage, Oxfordshire

OX13 - Marcham, Oxfordshire

OX14 - Culham, Oxfordshire

OX18 - Carterton, Oxfordshire

OX20 - Woodstock, Oxfordshire

OX25 - Chesterton, Oxfordshire

OX26 - Bicester, Oxfordshire

OX27 - Fringford, Oxfordshire

OX28 - Witney, Oxfordshire

OX29 - Eynsham, Oxfordshire

SN7 - Shellingford, Oxfordshire

 

Tibenham weather station (50,000 households)

NR1 - Norwich, Norfolk

NR2 - Norwich, Norfolk

NR3 - Norwich, Norfolk

NR4 - Norwich, Norfolk

NR5 - Norwich, Norfolk

NR6 - Norwich, Norfolk

NR7 - Norwich, Norfolk

NR8 - Taverham, Norfolk

NR9 - Marlingford, Norfolk

NR10 - Hevingham, Norfolk

NR11 - Erpingham, Norfolk

NR12 - Smallburgh, Norfolk

NR13 - Blofield, Norfolk

NR14 - Alpington, Norfolk

NR15 - Hempnall, Norfolk

NR16 - Old Buckenham, Norfolk

NR17 - Attleborough, Norfolk

NR18 - Wymondham, Norfolk

NR19 - Scarning, Norfolk

NR20 - Swanton Morley, Norfolk

NR21 - Fakenham, Norfolk

NR22 - Walsingham, Norfolk

NR23 - Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

NR24 - Briston, Norfolk

NR25 - Holt, Norfolk

NR26 - Sheringham, Norfolk

NR27 - Cromer, Norfolk

NR28 - North Walsham, Norfolk

NR29 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

NR30 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

NR31 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

NR32 - Oulton Broad, Suffolk

NR33 - Oulton Broad, Suffolk

NR34 - Weston, Suffolk

NR35 - Bungay, Suffolk

Shap weather station (Third £25 payment this winter for 4,000 households)
CA10 - Cliburn, Cumbria

CA11 - Catterlen, Cumbria

CA12 - Keswick, Cumbria

CA16 - Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria

CA17 - Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

LA8 - Kendal, Cumbria

LA9 - Kendal, Cumbria

LA10 - Sedbergh, Cumbria

LA21 - Coniston, Cumbria

LA22 - Lakes, Cumbria

LA23 - Windermere, Cumbria