DWP confirms date £300 cost of living payments for millions of people due to start next month

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the payment window for the second part of the £900 means-tested cost of living support will open next month.

Some eight million households across Great Britain, including thousands across Scotland, will receive £300 directly into their bank account from the DWP between Monday, October 31 and Sunday, November 19, 2023.People in receipt of Tax Credits and no other qualifying benefit from the DWP will receive the £300 payment directly from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) between Friday, November 10 and Sunday, November 19, 2023.

Payments will appear on accounts as either ‘DWP COL’, or ‘HMRC COLS’, along with the claimant’s National Insurance number.The £300 payment will be sent out automatically to the account used by claimants for their qualifying benefit, which means nobody needs to apply for the financial support - if you receive a text, email or phone call asking you to make a claim for any cost of living payment, it is a scam.This is the second of three payments totalling up to £900 for those eligible and on means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit, Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income Support, Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit.

Eligible pensioner households will also receive a further £300 payment later this year as an addition to the Winter Fuel Payment - find out more here.The £300 cost of living payment will be tax-free, will not count towards the benefit cap, and will not have any impact on existing benefit awards.To be eligible for the £300 cost of living payment from the DWP, someone needs to have been entitled to a payment for a qualifying benefit between