When are the second cost-of-living payments and additional £900 due?
Low-income households eligible for extra help with energy bills should have received a second cost-of-living payment.
Some groups will be eligible for further payments of up to £900 from April 2023.
wo payments totalling £650 have been made to more than eight million low-income households. 
first instalment of £326 was paid between 14 and 31 July. The second instalment of £324 should have reached those eligible by the end of December.
re available to households who receive the following benefits:
ment reference on the recipients' bank accounts is their national insurance number, followed by "DWP COL".
re are 1.1 million people who receive only tax credits, rather than any of the other benefits. They received the second instalment between 23 and 30 November, straight into their bank accounts. The payment reference is "HMRC COLS". Their first payment was paid between 2 and 7 September. 
People were not eligible for these payments if they receive New Style Employment and Support Allowance, contributory Employment and Support Allowance, or New Style Jobseeker's Allowance - unless they get Universal Credit.
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Anyone who thinks they are entitled to the help but who has not received it should contact the office that pays their benefit or tax credits, or report it here.
gible for the latest instalment, people must have been claiming and entitled to a benefits payment between 26 August and 25 September, with the exception of pensioner households, who may be able to have a new Pension Credit claim backdated.
An estimated 850,000 pensioner households do not claim Pension Credit, which is a gateway to these extra payments.
Other eligibility details are outlined here for people in England, Wales and Scotland, and here for people in Northern Ireland. 
None of these cost-of-living payments affect the tax you pay, or the benefits or tax credits you receive.
From April, some groups will receive further payments to help with energy costs:
government says it will publish more information about the timing of the payments. 
Everyone's energy bill will be cut by at least £400 this winter.
will be applied over six months, with a reduction of £66 having been made in October and November, and discounts of £67 made every month between December and March 2023. Some customers may receive the money directly into their bank account.
unt will be made automatically by energy suppliers in England, Scotland and Wales. There is no need to apply or to give extra information.
Customers have been warned to ignore scam emails and texts asking for personal information in order to receive the discount. 
Direct debit and credit customers will have the money added to their account or automatically to their bank account. 
Customers with pre-payment meters will have the amount applied to their meter, or receive a voucher. However, many people have not been redeeming these vouchers, or may have had a delay in receiving them, and risk missing out on the financial help available.
Anyone who does not use mains gas and electricity - such as those using heating oil - will receive an extra £100 on top of the £400.
Separate arrangements are being made for households in Northern Ireland, which has its own energy market. They will receive a single payment of £600 starting in January, which is higher than the rest of the UK owing to the high proportion of households on heating oil. 
Direct debit customers in Northern Ireland will have the money paid into their bank accounts. Other customers will be sent a voucher to redeem the payment with further details still to be issued.
Up to six million people on the following disability benefits started to receive £150 on 20 September and all should have the money by now:
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Households that receive the Winter Fuel Payment - which is worth £200-£300 and is paid to nearly all homes with at least one person of pension age - should have received an extra £300 in November or December.
uld cover nearly all pensioners across the UK.
Lower-income pensioners who claim pension credit will receive the money in addition to the £650 support for those on benefits.
means a small group of pensioners with disabilities will receive a total of £1,500.
About 80% of households should have received a £150 energy rebate, often through their council tax bill.
ment method depended on whether you pay your council tax by direct debit and where you live in the UK. 
Some people were given fuel vouchers through the Household Support Fund, which is distributed by local councils. 
government has announced an energy price guarantee, limiting a typical duel-fuel household's annual energy bill to £2,500. It was initially designed to last for two years, but that has since been reduced to six months, ending in April.
w much you will actually pay - your bill depends on how much energy you actually use.
From April, the guarantee will carry on, but will increase to £3,000.
useholds in England, Scotland and Wales, with the "same level of support" available in Northern Ireland. 
government has also announced a support package to cut energy bills for businesses, for six months from the start of October.
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