DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area - Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year ...

Payments are issued when temperatures are recorded or forecast to be zero degrees Celsius or lower for seven consecutive days ...

Cold weather payments worth £25 have been paid to nearly 1.5 million households across England and Wales so far this winter, ...

The Met Office has issued further weather warnings today ...

Around 1.5 million eligible households have received the £25 payments towards their heating bills during spells of sub-zero ...

More than 1.5 million eligible households have received a £25 DWP Cold Weather Payment this winter ...

Meanwhile, Morpeth weather station near Chester-le-Street recorded similar conditions for seven days in a row, with the DWP ...

Almost 1.5 million households have received a £25 Cold Weather Payment since December, including certain residents in Cumbria.

1.5 million households across England and Wales so far this winter.

January and February have been wet and cold months ...

Cold weather payments have been triggered for people living in certain postcodes due to freezing temperatures ...