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DWP Christmas bonus for pensioners and benefit claimants - who gets it, how much and how it's paid

Claimants will receive the extra cash alongside their normal monthly payment

[Claimants are set to receive the bonus in the first week of December]

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Millions of people are set to receive an annual one-off Christmas bonus from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The payment will automatically land in eligible claimants' accounts alongside their normal monthly benefits payment. People do not have to apply for the bonus.

The 10 payment is set to hit bank accounts during the first week in December. Pensioners and more than 2.7m people receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are among those entitled to the bonus. People who claim only Universal Credit will not receive the Christmas cash.

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The Government said of the extra payment: "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." They stressed claimants will be paid automatically.

Those on the following benefits will be eligible to the extra 10:

• Adult Disability Payment
• Armed Forces Independence Payment
• Attendance Allowance
• Carers 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 Widows Pension
• Widowed Mothers Allowance
• Widowed Parents Allowance
• Widows Pension

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