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<p>Between the 14 and 20 July, the department processed over 7.2m cost of living payments
worth around £2.4 billion. In total, over eight million families will be eligible
for this payment, with around one million eligible because they receive tax credits
and no other eligible benefits. These families will receive their first instalment
from HMRC in the autumn, and the second instalment in the winter. Further information
is available at: 7.2 million Cost of Living payments made to low-income families -
GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) and at: Cost of
Living Payment - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p><p>
</p><p>Universal Credit households can receive a nil award for various reasons. The
majority of nil awards are due to household earnings. Other reasons that can cause
or contribute to a nil award include; capital, other income, other benefits, sanctions
and fraud penalties.</p><p> </p><p>There were 800 households containing 1,000 claimants
in Dunfermline and West Fife who have not received the first Cost of Living Payment
due to a nil award.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the
nearest hundred.</p><p>2. Great Britain level figures have been provided.</p><p>3.
Nil awards have been defined as households that received a £0 Universal Credit payment
and had no deductions for advance repayments, third party debts or government debts
and had no money paid directly to their landlord by Universal Credit.</p><p>4. Figures
are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p><p>5.
The methodology used is different to those used to derive the Official Statistics
Household series and therefore, figures may not be comparable.</p><p>6. The methodology
and data source may be slightly different to those used to derive entitlement to the
Cost-of-Living Payment.</p>
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