DWP claimants who missed Cost of Living payment can still claim up to £1,050

New benefit claimants who missed out on the Cost of Living payments worth more than £1,050 may still be able to get some extra cash.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has previously highlighted that a household can become "retrospectively entitled" to a cost of living payment - or if they believe they were entitled but didn't receive one - can still claim any payments they missed out on from previous rollouts.

The DWP's claim page for reporting a missing payment is still allowing people to send in applications for the 2023/24 period. Four cost of living payments were issued throughout this period.

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This includes the following:

The standard cost of living payments was provided for anyone receiving one of the following means-tested benefits on certain dates:

Meanwhile, the disability cost of living payment was giving to those claiming the following benefits:

The assessment periods for when a person should have either have been claiming a qualifying benefit or entitled to a payment are as follows: