Cold Weather Payments
(asked on 8th February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the locations of the Met Office Weather Stations used to determine eligibility for the cold weather payment to ensure that the measurements taken to activate those payments accurately reflect the temperatures where people live.
This question was answered on 11th February 2021
The Met Office reviews the scheme annually to assess whether the linkages between postcode areas and weather stations remain the best available. Any necessary changes are made prior to the start of the following Cold Weather Payment season.