People will receive the tax-free payment if they are eligible during the qualifying week.
More than 20 million people across the UK are claiming at least one benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions . That number includes nearly 12.7 million older people in receipt of State Pension payments, a contributory benefit only available to those of retirement age with at least 10 years’ worth of National Insurance Contributions.
It’s worth noting that the DWP will make this as a separate payment, independent of your scheduled State Pension or benefit payment, so it may arrive on a different day. The £10 Christmas Bonus was introduced by Ted Heath’s Conservative Government in 1972. It has not been uprated or increased since it launched over five decades ago and in today’s money, it would be worth around £115 - when calculated under the composite price index published by the UK Office for National Statistics .
Latest Benefits News Married or cohabiting couples and civil partnerships The DWP guidance explains that if you’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 you will each get a £10 Christmas Bonus payment.
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