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<p>The Christmas Bonus was first paid in 1972 as a result of The Pensioners and Family
Income Supplement Payments Act 1972 and was introduced as a means of providing additional
financial support to customers in receipt of a pension or qualifying benefit.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Both Pensioners and working age customers in receipt of certain benefits
receive the tax-free £10 Christmas Bonus and payments are usually automatically generated
based on receipt of a qualifying benefit.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2017/2018 qualifying
period (latest data available) 15,922000.00 (fifteen million, nine hundred and twenty
two thousand) DWP customers received the Christmas Bonus.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not
retain information relating to the number of customers who contacted the Department
to report non-payment of the Christmas Bonus as it does not have a business requirement
to do so. Therefore, this information is only available at disproportionate cost to
The Department for Work & Pensions.</p>
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