Millions of households to receive their first cost of living payment in July - here's how to check if you'll get it 

You are eligible for the payment if you are entitled to any of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Income Support
• Pension Credit

If you started to make a claim by 25 April 2022 and the claim ends up being successful, you will be eligible for both parts of the payment.

The second payment of £324 will come later this year. We've asked the DWP when this will be and what the qualifying dates for the second payment will be. However you will be eligible if you're entitled to any of the applicable benefits now but weren't before 25 May, so make sure you claim ASAP to get at least £324.

Benefits charity Entitled To told us that due to a backlog in pension credit claims, the deadline for qualifying for the payment if you claim pension credit is 24 August. We're checking this with the DWP. 

If you only claim tax credits, your payment will come later in the year

If you only claim child tax credit or working tax credit, you would have needed to have received a tax credit payment on any day between 26 April and 25 May 2022 to be eligible for the payment. If eligible, you'll also get a first payment of £326, although this come in the autumn, followed by a second payment in winter. 

The money will be paid directly into your bank account