The £299 third Cost of Living Payment will be paid to 8 million eligible households on means-tested benefits between Tuesday 6 February and Thursday 22 February 2024, the DWP has announced.
To be eligible for the Cost of Living Payment, you need to have been entitled to a payment for a qualifying benefit between 13 November and 12 December 2023, or payment for an assessment period, ending between these dates.
The full list of benefit recipients that qualify for the third Cost of Living Payment are those who are eligible and receive at least one of the following:
- Universal Credit;
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance;
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance;
- Income Support;
- Working Tax Credit;
- Child Tax Credit;
- Pension Credit
You need to have been entitled to a payment of a qualifying benefit as follows:
For Universal Credit, payment for an assessment period ending between 13 November 2023 to 12 December 2023
For all other DWP means-tested benefits, payment in respect of any day between 13 November 2023 to 12 December 2023
For tax credits-only customers, a payment of tax credits in respect of any day in the period 13 November 2023 to 12 December 2023 or later be paid in respect of any day in this period
Those on DWP benefits other than Universal Credit who are entitled to less than 10 pence and meet all other qualifying criteria but who do not receive a benefit payment, will still receive a Cost of Living Payment.
