Mysterious Payment from DWP

gerryscot

NASA wrote: »

I didnt get an extra £10.

Must be because I work for a living rather than claim benefits for it.

You should be grateful that your working NASA, a lot of people would give there right arm to be in your position (myself included).

I think it’s a disgrace that prisoners are getting xmas bonus now though

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/12/06/scottish-prisoners-to-get-10-christmas-bonus-86908-22765037/

gerryscot

pipkin71 wrote: »

Yes, I received it as I'm on DLA, but agree with you SDW that it should be cut.

I donated mine to charity and wouldn't miss it if it was cut.

Good on you...:T :T :T I give mine to my postie as xmas tip he's very kind and always chaps door in the bad weather to see if i need anything. :A

glen_moranjie

People who qualify for the £10 Xmas box

Eligibility
To get a Christmas Bonus you must be present or ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, any European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland during the qualifying week.

You must also get at least one of the following benefits in the ‘qualifying week’ - this is normally the first full week of December:

Attendance Allowance
Carer’s Allowance
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
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 Widow’s Pension
Widowed Mother’s Allowance
Widowed Parent’s Allowance
Widow’s Pension

Roy

margaretclare

Historically, this has been paid along with state retirement pension since the early 1970s. I remember this, because my mother, who started getting her SRP when she retired on 3rd December 1972, was delighted to get it. 'That nice Mr Heath' as she called him, was responsible for it. At that time it was meant to be a Christmas bonus and believe it or not, it equalled another week's pension money. Because of inflation and the passage of time, £10 now won't buy you much, but at that time it would have done your Christmas shopping. Being cynical, and much more politically-savvy than I was then, and my mother was very innocent and not streetwise as we'd say now, I wonder if it was another of those 'vote-catching' measures as we've had in recent years. You know the ones I mean.

Well, I got a tax refund last week along with the WFP. After having paid off my credit card and now out of debt for the New Year, I've bought a new winter coat. DH likes me in a camel coat and this is a full-length one, not a jacket. I now have all the clothes I'm ever likely to need for the rest of my life. I didn't put it on the credit card - don't need to do that.

sleepless_saver

I know it's seasonal but is there any other reason for reviving this ancient thread?

margaretclare

sleepless_saver wrote: »

I know it's seasonal but is there any other reason for reviving this ancient thread?

It was revived by Roy above.

derekbarker

I have just started to get pension last month. £10 bonus this month DWP XB unknown reason!!! I am not incapacitated, have no dependant children or a carer... or any other benefits. I guess I'm just old and lucky :beer:

Horseunderwater

derekbarker wrote: »

I have just started to get pension last month. £10 bonus this month DWP XB unknown reason!!! I am not incapacitated, have no dependant children or a carer... or any other benefits. I guess I'm just old and lucky :beer:

If that is the state pension, then that would be why.

Nickthenockynoo

I too was mystified by this display of largesse from HMG not recognising it at all. But I checked back in my bank accounts and discovered I got it last year too!! No wonder we had such a good Christmas last year :snow_laug

richard9991

SarahBeany wrote: »

Do you get an xmas bonus on JSA?

No you don't get an xmas bonus on jsa it is meant for people who cant work