| Name of payment | How much? (all are grants) | Who is eligible | When and how? |
| Energy bills support scheme | £400 per household | Households with a domestic electricity meter (all households) | Via energy suppliers over 6 months from October 2022.Direct debit and credit customers money credited to their account. Pre-payment meter customers- money applied to their meter or paid via a voucher. |
| Pensioner Cost of Living Payment | £300 per household | Must be over State Pension age (aged 66 or above) between 19 – 25/9/2022 and be receiving the Winter Fuel Payment. (8 million pensioners) | Automatically as a top-up to their annual Winter Fuel Payment in November/ December 2022. For most pensioner households, this will be paid by direct debit. |
| Cost of Living Payment | £650 per household (paid in 2 instalments of £325) | Households on certain means tested benefits as at 25/5/2022 for the first instalment, (another entitlement date for the second instalment will be announced)- Universal Credit or 5 Legacy Benefits(JSA(IB), ESA(IR)/ IS/ WTC/ CTC) or Pension Credit (8 million households) | Automatically paid by the DWP in 2 instalments , the first in July 2022 and the second in Autumn 2022. HMRC will pay a little after this to avoid duplicate pavements. |
| Disability Cost of Living Payment | £150 per claimant | Claimants on DLA/ PIP/ AA/ Scottish Disability Benefits/ Armed Forces Independence Payment/ Constant Attendance Allowance/ War Pension Mobility Supplement at 25/5/2022 (6 million claimants) | Automatically in September 2022. |
| Council Tax Rebate | £150 per household | For households in England in Council Tax bands A-D. (Most households) | Those who pay Council Tax by direct debit will be paid automatically into their bank accounts from April 2022. Those who do not pay by direct debit will be contacted by their council and invited to make a claim. |
| Household Support Fund payments | Variable amounts- discretionary | An extra £500 million of local support, via the Household Support Fund, will be extended from this October to March 2023. | Contact Local Authority for details and how to apply. |
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