Heating cost help
We provide support to help people with heating costs, especially those on low incomes or struggling with energy bills. These include:
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Winter Heating Payment (WHP) – this replaced the UK Government’s Cold Weather Payment (CWP) in Scotland and provides a stable, reliable, annual payment to people in receipt of certain benefits who might have extra heating needs during the winter
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Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) – this replaced the UK Government’s Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) in Scotland, and helps people of pension age to pay their heating bills
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Child Winter Heating Payment (CWHP) - helps disabled children and young people and their families over winter
How to get heating cost help
Visit the mygov.scot website to find out about eligibility information and how to get heating cost help.
Policy position papers
We have published a series of social security policy papers setting out our position on the development of the devolved benefits in Scotland.