Overview
- The one-off, tax-free payment is automatic and should appear on statements with the reference 'DWP XB' or 'XB'.
- You must be receiving at least one listed benefit—such as State Pension, the guarantee element of Pension Credit, PIP, DLA or Attendance Allowance—during the qualifying week, and Universal Credit on its own does not qualify.
- Couples who both qualify each receive £10, and some partners may still get the payment in specific circumstances related to Pension Credit or dependency increases.
- The DWP expects to issue payments in the first full week of December, and where payment dates fall on bank holidays they are usually made on the preceding working day.
- Coverage notes the £10 sum has not risen since the 1970s and sets it alongside other winter changes, including Winter Fuel Payments subject to a £35,000 income cap with HMRC recovery and Warm Home Discount credits of £150 rolling out from November.