The last week has brought freezing and sub-zero temperatures across the country with snow and ice covering roads and pavements.
It also means homeowners face colder temperatures in their houses - but this could be good news and they could claim a £25 a week reduction on energy bills.
Cold Weather Payments are designed to help struggling households pay their bills during periods of especially bad weather. It's run by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) and applies every winter.
The scheme kicks in on November 1 and ends on March 31 - it applies when temperatures fall to zero degrees or less for seven or more consecutive days.
Baroness Stedman-Scott at the Department for Work and Pensions, told Mirror Money: "Keeping warm throughout the winter is hugely important to staying healthy, which is why we pay to help heat homes when there’s a sustained cold snap.
"As well as Cold Weather Payments, we also run the Warm Home Discount Scheme and Winter Fuel Payments, so we have a number of schemes in place to help."
If you've experienced freezing temperatures in the past two months, check your postcode to see if your area qualifies for a £25 payment.
Cold Weather Payments checker - find out if you qualify
If you're experiencing freezing weather in your area, you can find out if you're owed money by entering your postcode in to the DWP's online finder, here.
If you qualify for a Cold Weather Payment, you’ll be paid automatically after each seven-day period of freezing weather. This money should arrive in the bank account you already have registered with the DWP - and payments should be made within a fortnight.
Contact the pension centre or your local Jobcentre Plus office if you think you should have received a Cold Weather Payment but didn't.
The Universal Credit helpline on 0800 328 9344 can also be used.
Where Cold Weather Payments been triggered so far this winter
Tulloch Bridge
Aviemore
Braemar
Loch Glascarnoch
Eskdalemuir
Salsburgh
Shap
Auchincruive
Achnagart
Carlisle
Redesdale
Cassley
Tulloch Bridge
Bingley
Edinburgh Gogarbank
Leek Thorncliffe
Little Rissington
Rostherne
CW4, CW6-11
M1-9, M11-23, M25, M27-35, M38, M40-41, M43-46, M50, M90
PR7
SK1-12, SK14, SK16
WA1-16
WN1-8
Stonyhurst
Threave
Aviemore
Braemar
Loch Glascarnoch
Eskdalemuir
Shap
Katesbridge
Bainbridge
Redesdale
Stathallen Airfield
Machrihanish
Little Rissington
Threave
Salsburgh
Auchincruive
Tredegar Bryn Bach Park
Eskdalemuir
Loch Glascarnoch
Tullock Bridge
Where Cold Weather Payments have been triggered this week (w/b January 25)
Aboyne
Tulloch Bridge
Cassley
Braemar
Aviemore
Loch Glascarnoch
