If you claim a benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), you may receive a Christmas bonus this December.
Those who qualify for the one-off boost will get an additional £10 in their bank at the start of the month. The money will be issued automatically and so there is no need to apply.
As reported by The Mirror, in order to be eligible, you must have received certain benefits in the "qualifying week", which is usually the first week of December.
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You must also be "ordinarily resident" in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, or Gibraltar during the qualifying week in order to receive the extra cash boost.
If you have not received the money by December and believe you should have, then you should reach out to either Jobcentre Plus or the Pension Service if you receive a State Pension.
Additionally, if you are in a married couple, in a civil partnership, or live with your partner, while receiving one of the qualifying benefits, then you will also receive the bonus money.
Which benefits are eligible?
Those who receive the following benefits will get the Christmas bonus from the DWP:
- 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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