Christmas Bonus

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1. Overview

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.

You do not need to claim - you should get paid automatically.

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

2. What you'll get

The Christmas Bonus is a one-off payment of £10.

If you get more than one Christmas Bonus, contact the Jobcentre Plus office that deals with your payments or the Pension Service.

It will not affect any other benefits you get.

How you바카라 사이트™re paid

All benefits, pensions and allowances are normally paid into an account, such as your bank account. It may show up as 바카라 사이트˜DWP XB바카라 사이트™ on your bank statement.

3. Eligibility

To get a Christmas Bonus you must be present or 바카라 사이트˜ordinarily resident바카라 사이트™ in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Gibraltar during the qualifying week.

If you live in or are moving to a European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland, find out about benefits for UK nationals in the EU, EEA and Switzerland.

You must also get at least one of the following benefits in the 바카라 사이트˜qualifying week바카라 사이트™ - this is normally the first full week of December:

  • Adult Disability Payment
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment
  • Attendance Allowance
  • Carer바카라 사이트™s Allowance
  • Carer Support Payment
  • 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 Age Disability Payment
  • Pension Credit - the guarantee element
  • Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
  • Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance (SADLA)
  • Severe Disablement Allowance (transitionally protected)
  • State Pension (including Graduated Retirement Benefit)
  • Unemployability Supplement or Allowance (paid under Industrial Injuries or War Pensions schemes)
  • War Disablement Pension at State Pension age
  • War Widow바카라 사이트™s Pension
  • Widowed Mother바카라 사이트™s Allowance
  • Widowed Parent바카라 사이트™s Allowance
  • Widow바카라 사이트™s Pension

If 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.

4. How to claim

You do not need to claim the Christmas Bonus - you should get it automatically.

If you think you should get it, but have not by 1 January, contact the Jobcentre Plus office that deals with your payments or the Pension Service.

5. Further information

If you바카라 사이트™re part of a married couple, in a civil partnership or living together as if you are and you both get one of the qualifying benefits you바카라 사이트™ll each get a Christmas Bonus payment.

If your partner or civil partner does not get one of the qualifying benefits, they may still get the Christmas Bonus if both the following apply:

  • you바카라 사이트™re both over State Pension age by the end of the qualifying week
  • your partner or civil partner was also present (or 바카라 사이트˜ordinarily resident바카라 사이트™) in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland during the qualifying week

One of the following must also apply:

  • you바카라 사이트™re entitled to an increase of a qualifying benefit for your partner or civil partner
  • the only qualifying benefit you바카라 사이트™re getting is Pension Credit