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Winter Fuel Allowance

(87 Posts)
Colleen10 Mon 09-Nov-20 18:28:21

Hi I am a new member and thanks for the add. I did see on here somewhere that you guys were talking about the above. However, now cannot find it. We always get ours on around 5 or 6th of November. Long before the DWP letter arrives. Nothing so far though.

BlueBelle Thu 19-Nov-20 12:07:06

I haven’t had anything I m mid alphabet (name I mean ) not had a letter or email or any communication

EllanVannin Thu 19-Nov-20 12:00:34

Up to a week ago I just had the £10 but not the £200 as yet. This is according to my bank statements. It may have arrived this week, I don't know. Without phoning I wouldn't know.

Franbern Thu 19-Nov-20 11:48:19

Grannynannywanny, you should have a letter informing you that the WFA is going to be paid into your account. As has been said, it is probably paid in alphabetical order, mine has yet to arrive. But letter states that if not received by 23rd December then contact them.
Next year, if it continues I should be entitled to the £300 payment.

The Warm Home Discount is £140,00 paid directly to your energy supplier. It is only paid to those in receipt of certain benefits, main one is Guaranteed Pension Credit. Mine has already been paid to EDF and take off my account.

sodapop Fri 13-Nov-20 20:01:55

Never received the allowance as France is not considered cold enough.

Grannynannywanny Fri 13-Nov-20 19:49:58

Not had mine yet. This will be my first year. Do you normally receive a letter prior to the payment arriving in the bank?

EllanVannin Fri 13-Nov-20 17:32:15

I missed my £300 by a week grin
Don't know if my £200 is in the bank as I've no way of checking unless I ring them up. When the local post office closed down in March I was stumped as I used to get a balance from their ATM----now I just guess and hope for the best until I receive a paper balance.

cornergran Fri 13-Nov-20 17:30:44

No letters here yet. Seems we’re way back in the queue.

aggie Fri 13-Nov-20 17:29:26

Just checked , mine has gone in , now I can order some heating oil ?

TwiceAsNice Fri 13-Nov-20 17:26:35

Sorry didn’t check quite not white

TwiceAsNice Fri 13-Nov-20 17:26:07

Not had it yet. I can’t remember when it arrived last year. I pay £200 ground rent on my flat which is due white soon after it usually arrives so they cancel one another out .

annsixty Fri 13-Nov-20 17:21:04

My WFA has been paid into my account today.

Katek Wed 11-Nov-20 08:28:56

Unless you’re French of course !

Katek Wed 11-Nov-20 08:28:18

Think the brothel running version is a ‘Madame’ with an ‘e’ ?

Jane10 Wed 11-Nov-20 07:40:34

Ladies were called madam long before that became a term used for women who ran brothels.

Callistemon Tue 10-Nov-20 22:43:45

Ps he didn't get £300, he got £200 and I got £100.
A single person over 80 gets £300.

Callistemon Tue 10-Nov-20 22:41:50

annsixty

In case you don’t know, you get £300 when you are over 80.
You have to be 80 before the qualifying week which is sometime in September.

Yes, DH got more than me and his chair is nearer the fire than mine which seems fair enough.

Charleygirl5 Tue 10-Nov-20 22:24:13

Jane10 I do not like being called madam, mainly because I do not run a brothel.

I have not received my letter yet but no doubt it will arrive shortly.

Westcoaster Tue 10-Nov-20 21:59:26

We are waiting with baited breath to see if DH will get it. He is not British, never worked here and gets his pension from the EU.
Forms filled in and certification sent off (and returned) but still waiting for their verdict!
He is old enough, and resident full-time in the UK so shouldn't really be a problem ... grin

Jaxjacky Tue 10-Nov-20 21:43:39

No objection at all to being a guy...as long as there’s no bonfires around...

Jane10 Tue 10-Nov-20 20:40:05

Personally, I prefer to be addressed as madam!

annsixty Tue 10-Nov-20 20:35:28

In case you don’t know, you get £300 when you are over 80.
You have to be 80 before the qualifying week which is sometime in September.

Oldbat1 Tue 10-Nov-20 19:38:36

My letter arrived last week and husband’s letter arrived today.

petra Tue 10-Nov-20 19:25:07

Colleen10
We're all guys in our family and friends. Ignore those who think they speak for all of us, they don't ?

MrsThreadgoode Tue 10-Nov-20 19:19:07

A lady where I worked many years ago called everyone ‘chaps’ men, women and youngsters.

We had our letters today. Money going to DDs as they need it to afford their heating.

Pantglas2 Tue 10-Nov-20 19:12:27

I don’t like guys for females, or gals for that matter - shades of jimmy saville (I always knew there was something dodgy about that man)