AQW 13187/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 22/01/2021
Answered On Date: 03/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she will bring forward a further statutory rule to enable COVID-19 heating payments to be provided for people whose delayed Personal Independence Payment appeal is successful and who should have been in receipt of qualifying benefits during the qualifying week.

Answer:

Payments will be made automatically to people where a successful appeal results in a retrospective award for one of the qualifying benefits for the scheme during the qualifying week. These payments will be made under the existing Covid-19 Heating Payment Scheme Regulations without the need for a further statutory rule as people in these circumstances will have met the existing eligibility criteria.