{"id":109054,"date":"2025-05-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/?p=109054"},"modified":"2025-05-16T00:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T23:05:20","slug":"scotland-child-winter-heating-payment-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/scotland-child-winter-heating-payment-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s Child Winter Heating Payment Rises to \u00a3255.80 for 2025\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Scottish Government<\/em> has confirmed an increase to the <em>Child Winter Heating Payment<\/em>, a one-off financial support aimed at helping disabled children and young people cope with seasonal energy costs. The payment will rise to \u00a3255.80 for the 2025\/26 winter period, reflecting a 1.7% uplift from the previous rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reporting by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/money\/payment-young-people-disability-benefits-35227991\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/lifestyle\/money\/payment-young-people-disability-benefits-35227991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Record<\/a><\/em>, more than 37,000 children benefited from this scheme last winter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This annual heating payment is delivered automatically to eligible recipients, with deposits starting in late October and continuing in phases. The initiative remains a key part of Scotland\u2019s wider approach to targeted winter support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Increase Follows Support to Over 37,000 Young People Last Winter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the previous winter season, 37,000 disabled children and young people in Scotland received \u00a3235.70 as part of the Child Winter Heating Payment. This year\u2019s payment reflects a 1.7% increase, equivalent to \u00a320.10, bringing the total to \u00a3255.80 per eligible person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The payment is made per child or young person, not per household. If more than one eligible individual resides in the same household, each will receive the full amount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/dwp-winter-fuel-payment-looms-pensioners\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"101265\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Winter<\/a> Heating Payment, the individual must be under 19 years old and must be receiving one of the designated disability benefits during a qualifying week in September, which is expected to fall in the third week, although the exact dates have yet to be officially confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eligible benefits and their specific qualifying components are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Child Disability Payment \u2013 highest rate of the care component<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disability Living Allowance (for children) \u2013 highest rate of the care component<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) \u2013 enhanced daily living component (<em>for existing claimants only<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adult Disability Payment (ADP) \u2013 enhanced daily living component<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If a backdated award of one of these benefits covers the qualifying week, the recipient will also receive the <em>Child Winter Heating Payment<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retroactive Claims and Cross-Border Eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipients are not required to provide receipts or proof of how the money is used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, children and young people may still qualify for the <em>Child Winter Heating Payment<\/em> even if they no longer live in Scotland during the qualifying week, provided they are residing in a country within the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, and can demonstrate a genuine and sufficient link to Scotland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no need to apply in most cases, as payments are made automatically to the same bank account where the qualifying benefit is received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Scottish Government<\/em> has confirmed that while PIP is being phased out in Scotland, 35,420 people were still receiving it at the time of reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Payments Made in Batches Until February 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Social Security Scotland<\/em> will begin processing <em>Child Winter Heating Payment<\/em> disbursements from the end of October 2025. Payments will be made in batches, not all at once, and this process will continue until February 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In rare cases, some individuals may be required to submit an application manually. More guidance is available through the Social Security Scotland website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or assistance, families can contact <em>Social Security Scotland<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Freephone<\/strong>: 0800 182 2222<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Opening hours<\/strong>: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Child Winter Heating Payment remains a central part of Scotland\u2019s strategy to support families with disabled children in managing the seasonal rise in energy costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Child Winter Heating Payment offers targeted financial relief to families of disabled young people, with automatic deposits starting in late October and continuing into early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":109056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109057,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109054\/revisions\/109057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}