

If you think you should get it, but do not receive it in December, contact the Jobcentre Plus office that deals with your payments or the Pension Service.įind out more about the Christmas Bonus on the GOV.UK website here.Skippy wants Slappy to read the eponymous poem to him. If you’re part of a married couple, in a civil partnership or living together and you both get one of the qualifying benefits you will each get a Christmas Bonus payment.Īlso, you do not need to claim the Christmas Bonus - it will be paid automatically. They explained: "f you have not claimed your State Pension and are not entitled to one of the other qualifying benefits you will not get a Christmas Bonus.” The DWP said that not everyone over the State Pension age will receive this payment.


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Get all the latest news and headlines from Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.įrom breaking news to the latest on the coronavirus crisis in Scotland, we'll have you covered. Living in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, any European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland during the qualifying week, which this year is expected to be December 5 - 11 To qualify for this Christmas Bonus, you must be: Who is eligible for the £10 Christmas Bonus Payment? People in Scotland claiming the new Adult Disability Payment will also be eligible for the payment. Nobody needs to claim the extra £10 as it should automatically go into the account where you usually receive your benefit payments or state Pension and will show as ‘DWP XB’ on your bank statement.

So, the money may arrive on a different day. It is also worth noting that the DWP will make this £10 boost as a separate payment, independent of the usual benefits.
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It is only paid if the claimant meets the eligibility criteria, which includes a specific qualifying period - typically the first full week of December. The payment is a one-off, tax-free cash boost of £10 paid to those in receipt of State Pension, or 20 various other benefits. READ MORE - Martin Lewis urges grandparents to to apply for 'little known' £1,000 benefit The Daily Record reports that many of these people may not be aware of an annual bonus paid to those on benefits before Christmas. This staggering number includes 12.5 million elderly people claiming State Pension payments - which is a contributory benefit only available to those of retirement age with at least ten years of National Insurance Contributions. The latest figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in February of this year, there were 22 million people UK-wide claiming at least one benefit.
