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DWP warning as £150 cost of living payments due to be issued to households across UK

A £150 cost of living payment is set to be made to people in Nottinghamshire later this month. An estimated six million individuals UK-wide have been told to expect the payment between June 20 and July 4, Coventry Live reports.

You do not need to apply for the funds and they will appear automatically in your bank account, according to Devon Live.. An update on the official cost of living payments 2023/24 DWP page, however, adds: "If you receive a Disability Cost of Living Payment, but we later find that you were not eligible for it, you may have to pay it back”.

This advisory comes after a new ‘Fraud and Error in the benefits system’ report estimated that £410 million (4.9%) in cost of living payments (across all benefits) were overpaid during the 2022/23 financial year. The total UK Government expenditure on cost of living payments last year was £8.4 billion.

READ MORE: The everyday changes Universal Credit claimants must report or they could face a fine or court

The report estimates that overpayments due to fraud accounted for £310 million (3.7%) while overpayments due to claimant error and official error were estimated at £60 million (0.8%) and £40 million (0.5%) respectively.

Overpayments relating to incorrectly paid low-income benefits accounted for around £9 in every £10 overpaid on cost of living payments, some £380 million. This was mostly due to £330 million of cost of living payments being overpaid to people incorrectly receiving Universal Credit.

£150 disability cost of living payment eligibility

To be eligible for the £150 payment, you must be in receipt of one of the benefits listed below:

  • Attendance Allowance
  • Constant Attendance Allowance
  • Disability Living Allowance for adults
  • Disability Living Allowance for children
  • Personal Independence Payment
  • Adult Disability Payment (in Scotland)
  • Child Disability Payment (in Scotland)
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment
  • War Pension Mobility Supplement

To be eligible for the automatic lump sum, claimants must have received a payment (or later found to be eligible) on April 1, 2023.

For those people awaiting confirmation of their entitlement to disability benefits on April 1, or who are waiting to be assessed for eligibility to receive disability benefits, the payment process may take longer and arrive after the scheduled window closes on July 4, but the money will still arrive automatically.

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