{"id":4068,"date":"2024-04-20T15:49:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T14:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2024-04-20T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T14:49:34","slug":"dwp-cost-of-living-payments-what-you-can-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/dwp-cost-of-living-payments-what-you-can-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Missed DWP Cost of Living Payments? Here’s What You Can Still Claim in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you aware that the Department for Work and Pensions<\/a> (DWP) carries out frequent assessments of benefit claimants? The assessments enable the DWP<\/a> to identify people who may be retrospectively eligible for certain cost of living payments.<\/p>\n

So, if you did not receive these payments during their original payment period, it is worth checking whether you are eligible for them now.<\/p>\n

DWP’s Retroactive Benefits<\/strong><\/h1>\n

DWP has set up an online portal for individuals to make a claim for a missed payment. To do this, you need to enter your National Insurance number and review your bank, building society or credit union statements. Alternatively, you can look at receipts from your payment exception service before reporting a missed payment.<\/p>\n

After completing an online form, one claimant said he was told he would receive just over \u00a3950, made up of three cost of living payments of \u00a3326, \u00a3324 and \u00a3301 which had not initially been received. In other cases, claimants reported missing amounts and were subsequently contacted to announce their forthcoming payments.<\/p>\n

To find out whether you are entitled to retroactive cost-of-living payments, you need to understand the benefits you were due to receive and the amount you should have received.<\/p>\n

Cost of Living Payments for 2022-2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Had you been receiving any of the following benefits, you would have been eligible for \u00a3650, paid in two lump sums of \u00a3326 and \u00a3324:<\/p>\n