Social fund winter fuel payments2

Subject to regulation 3, the Secretary of State shall pay to a person who—

a

in respect of any day falling within the qualifying week is ordinarily resident in Great Britain; and

b

has attained the age of 60 in or before the qualifying week,

a winter fuel payment of—

i

F1£200 unless he is in residential care or head (ii)(aa) applies; or

ii

F2£100 if income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance has not been, nor falls to be, paid to him in respect of the qualifying week and he is—

aa

in that week living with a person to whom a payment under these Regulations has been, or falls to be, made in respect of the winter following the qualifying week; or

bb

in residential care.