Discover DWP Christmas Payment Dates and Expected Amounts
The Christmas season often brings changes to benefit payment schedules from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). If your benefit payment falls on a bank holiday, you can expect to receive it earlier.
Christmas Payment Dates for DWP Benefits
During the festive period, additional benefits are usually provided to assist individuals with the financial aspects of the holidays. These include winter fuel payments for eligible pensioners and cold weather payments. Understanding the payment schedule is crucial for recipients.
Early Payment Schedule
- If your DWP benefit payment is due on a bank holiday or weekend, expect it on the last working day prior.
- Payments due on Christmas Day or Boxing Day will be credited on December 24.
- For New Year’s Day payments, expect them on December 31.
Amount of the DWP Christmas Bonus
The DWP Christmas bonus is a one-time payment of £10, intended to support those receiving certain benefits during the holiday season. This bonus is generally issued during the first full week of December, which in 2023 starts on December 1.
Eligibility for the Christmas Bonus
To qualify for the Christmas bonus, individuals must be receiving one of the following benefits:
- Adult or child disability payment
- Armed forces independence payment
- Attendance allowance
- Carer’s allowance or support payment
- Constant attendance allowance
- Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Incapacity benefit (long-term rate)
- Mobility supplement
- Pension credit (guarantee element)
- State pension
- Severe disablement allowance
- Unemployability supplement or allowance
- War disablement pension at state pension age
- War widow’s pension
- Widowed mother’s allowance
- Widowed parent’s allowance
- Widow’s pension
- Industrial death benefit (for widows or widowers)
Additional Assistance
If you believe you are eligible for the Christmas bonus and have not received it by January 1, you should contact your local Jobcentre Plus office or the Pension Service for assistance.
