The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced dates for further cost of living payments worth up to £1,350. 

Millions of households will receive the latest round of support from spring 2023, building on payments made to over eight million people in 2022.

The £900 cost of living payment will go direct to the bank accounts of means-tested benefits claimants in three payments over the financial year. 

Recipients include those on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and tax credits while extra cash support has been allocated for disabled people and pensioners. 

The funding was allocated in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement. 

There will also be a separate £150 for over six million disabled people and £300 for over eight million pensioners on top of their Winter Fuel Payments.

DWP cost of living payment dates 

Exact payment windows will be announced closer to the time, but are spread across a longer period to ensure a consistent support offering throughout the year. They will be broadly as follows:

  • £301 – First cost of living Payment – during Spring 2023
  • £150 – Disability Payment – during Summer 2023
  • £300 – Second cost of living Payment – during Autumn 2023
  • £300 – Pensioner Payment – during Winter 2023/4
  • £299 – Third cost of living Payment – during Spring 2024

Mel Stride, secretary for Work and Pensions, said: "We are sticking by our promise to protect the most vulnerable and these payments, worth hundreds of pounds, will provide vital support next year for those on the lowest incomes.

"The government’s wider support package has already helped more than eight million families as we continue to deal with the global consequences of Putin’s illegal war and the aftershocks of the pandemic.

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The Chancellor added: "I know these are tough times for families across the UK who are struggling to meet rising food and energy costs, driven by the aftershocks of Covid and Putin’s war in Ukraine.

"That’s why we’re putting a further £900 into the pockets of over eight million low income households next year.

"These payments are on top of above inflation increases to working-age benefits and the Energy Price Guarantee, which is insulating millions from even higher global gas prices.

"If individuals are eligible they will be paid automatically, and there will be no need to apply.

"Claimants who are eligible for any of the cost of living payments and receive tax credits, and no other means-tested benefits, will receive payment from HMRC shortly after DWP payments are issued."

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