Households across the UK are set to receive a £10 one-off Christmas Bonus payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in early December. The payment is automatic for those receiving certain qualifying benefits, with no application required.
Eligible benefits include Carer's Allowance, Pension Credit, and Personal Independence Payments (PIP), among others. The qualifying week is typically the first full week of December.
For couples in a married or civil partnership, each partner can receive the bonus if both claim a qualifying benefit. If one partner does not receive a qualifying benefit, they may still qualify if both are over State Pension age by the end of the qualifying week and the partner was present in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Switzerland, or a European Economic Area country. In this case, the partner with the eligible benefit must be receiving Pension Credit or be entitled to an increase of a qualifying benefit for their partner.
Payments will be credited to bank accounts automatically in early December. If you believe you are eligible but have not received the payment by the end of December, the DWP advises contacting them from 1 January onwards, by which point all payments should have been completed.
