Benefit claimants are expected to start receiving a bonus payment paid by the A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to millions of Universal Credit and other benefit claimants.
Claimants are being urged to check their accounts as those in line for a Christmas bonus should start to receive payments from the first week in December, the Government has said.
The one off payment is tax free, and those who are eligible should receive it automatically so there is no application process.
A DWP spokesperson said: "The Christmas Bonus is a one-off tax-free £10 payment made before Christmas, paid to people who get certain benefits in the qualifying week. This is normally the first full week of December."
The payment is paid to help with costs over the festive season and is on top of normal benefits and separate from cost of living support measures which have been announced by the Government.
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What is the Christmas bonus payment and how much is it?
This one-off Christmas bonus is a tax-free payment of £10 made before Christmas. This is paid to people who get certain benefits in the qualifying week - normally the first full week of December.
The money will not impact other benefits, and will be paid into the same account people receive their benefits, pensions or allowances. On bank statements, it may show up as 'DWP XB'.
Who is eligible for the Christmas bonus?
To receive the winter bonus, you must be present or "ordinarily resident" in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Gibraltar during the qualifying week. In the week the bonus is normally delivered (usually the first full week of December), you must also get at least one of the following benefits:
Adult Disability Payment
Armed Forces Independence Payment
Attendance Allowance
Carer’s Allowance
Child Disability Payment
Constant Attendance Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes)
Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (once the main phase of the benefit is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim)
Disability Living Allowance
Incapacity Benefit at the long-term rate
Industrial Death Benefit (for widows or widowers)
Mobility Supplement
Pension Credit - the guarantee element
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
State Pension (including Graduated Retirement Benefit)
Severe Disablement Allowance (transitionally protected)
Unemployability Supplement or Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes)
War Disablement Pension at State Pension age
War Widow’s Pension
Widowed Mother’s Allowance
Widowed Parent’s Allowance
Widow’s Pension
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