Child Winter Heating Assistance Still Available For Some Children With A Disability

10th September 2024

Child Winter Heating Assistance is a payment to help families of a child on the highest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance for Children to heat their homes.

You do not need to apply for the payment if the child currently lives in Scotland. If the child or young person is eligible, you'll be paid automatically into the same account that your Disability Living Allowance for children is paid into. You'll get a letter from Social Security Scotland before the payment is made.

Who can claim
To get the payment the child must meet the criteria on at least one day in the third full week of September (called the "qualifying week"). Children and young people in Scotland can get the assistance if they're under 19 years old and get one of the following 'qualifying benefits':

the highest rate of the care component of Child Disability Payment

the highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance for children

the enhanced daily living component of Personal Independence Payment

the enhanced rate of the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment

They must be getting this on at least one day in the third full week of September.

For more information and how to claim go HERE