Millions of people who claim benefits will begin to receive their £10 Christmas bonus from Monday.
On December 4, the one-off payment will be given out to all benefit claimants who are eligible. The tax-free payment handed out in the run-up to Christmas will not have any effect on other payments made.
Those who are set to receive it do not need to apply as it will be made automatically. It is also paid to the individual rather than the household so if there are more than one person claiming benefits under the same roof, they will all receive £10 each, reports the Manchester Evening News.
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Who is eligible for the bonus?
The Department for Work and Pensions will make the payment to those who live or are “ordinarily resident” in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, or Gibraltar if they receive one of the qualifying benefits:
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Adult disability payment
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Armed Forces independence payment
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Attendance allowance
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Carer’s allowance
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Child disability payment
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Constant attendance allowance (paid under industrial injuries or war pensions schemes)
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Contribution-based employment and support allowance (once the main phase of the benefit is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim)
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DLA
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Incapacity benefit at the long-term rate
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Industrial death benefit (for widows or widowers)
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Mobility supplement
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Pension Credit (the guarantee element)
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PIP
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State Pension (including graduated retirement benefit)
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Severe disablement allowance (transitionally protected)
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Unemployability supplement or allowance (paid under industrial injuries or war pensions schemes)
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War disablement pension at state pension age
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War widow’s pension
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Widowed mother’s allowance
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Widowed parent’s allowance
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Widow’s pension
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