Subject	Predicate	Object
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		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	JM25ttau
	answer has answering person	Miriam Jane Alice Davies
	answer text	<p>The qualifying date is as close to the payment date as possible so that only those who have recently received an eligible means-tested benefit receive a Cost of Living Payment</p><p>This means that claimants who received a nil award during the qualifying period would not be entitled to a Cost of Living Payment. Most nil awards will be as a result of increased earnings.</p><p>Paying those with financial resources available, which would make them ineligible for means-tested benefits, is not the intention of the Cost of Living Payments which are aimed at those on the lowest incomes.</p>
	answer given date	2023-06-19
	answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	written answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has written answer	8eGkmDSy
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has answer	8eGkmDSy
JM25ttau	question has answer	8eGkmDSy
Miriam Jane Alice Davies	answering person has answer	8eGkmDSy