Winter Fuel Payment 2025/26 202526 Eligibility. You can get a winter fuel payment for winter 2024/25 if you were born before 23 september 1958. A winter fuel payment will be paid directly into your bank or building society account or through the payment exception service if you are unable.

It is made to households that include someone over state pension age who is in receipt. For information about pension age winter heating payment and winter fuel payment, see chapter 37 of the welfare benefits and tax credits handbook.