Overview
- The Christmas Bonus is a one-off, tax-free £10 payment that is normally paid automatically in the first full week of December.
- If the payment has not arrived by January 1, claimants should contact the Jobcentre Plus office that handles their benefits or the Pension Service.
- On bank statements the payment typically appears with the reference 'XB' or 'DWP XB'.
- Eligibility requires receiving a qualifying benefit during the first full week of December and being ordinarily resident in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Gibraltar.
- This year, payments that would have fallen on Christmas Day or Boxing Day were issued on December 24.