Scotland benefits from unique package of winter heating help. Over 1.5 million winter heating payments, including more than a million payments to older people, have been made so far this winter. The vast majority of Pension Age Winter Heating Payments – more than 1,009,000 – have now been paid. The payment has replaced the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Winter Fuel Payment in Scotland and is paid at a higher rate than elsewhere in the UK. The benefit, delivered by So