Social Security Scotland is an executive agency of the Scottish Government. We help the people of Scotland by delivering a range of social security payments.
One of the benefits we deliver is the Child Winter Heating Payment which helps disabled children and young people and their families with increased heating costs over winter.
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
Eligible children and young people living in Scotland do not need to apply. They’ll get their payment automatically.
Regions:
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If you're a British Sign Language user, you can use the Contact Scotland service to contact Social Security Scotland.
You can contact Social Security Scotland on webchat between 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays).
Freephone between 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays). If you cannot call 0800 numbers from your mobile phone, you can call Social Security Scotland for free from any payphone or landline.
If English is not your first language and you would like an interpreter, please call and we can arrange that for you.
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