Millions on six benefits eligible for £300 winter fuel payment to get extra DWP bonus in December

MILLIONS of households eligible for this year's £300 wintertime substance outgo volition person different currency bonus from the DWP this winter.

The Department for Work and Pensions volition contented each claimants a £10 Christmas bonus successful summation to the winter substance cash.

The winter substance payment is present lone offered to retirees on Pension Credit or those receiving definite six different means-tested benefits.

To beryllium eligible for this year's payment, you indispensable person an progressive assertion for the benefits mentioned supra during the "qualifying week," which runs from 16 to 22 September (this week).

However, a loophole means those who person yet to use for a qualifying payment can inactive go eligible if they enactment earlier December 21.

Most households automatically person the wintertime substance payment, including those connected pension credit.

Only individuals claiming the pursuing benefits volition beryllium eligible for a wintertime substance outgo this year:

• Pension credit
• Universal Credit
• Income support
• Income-based jobseeker's allowance (JSA)
• Income-related employment enactment allowance (ESA)
• Child taxation credit
• Working taxation credit

Most wintertime substance payments are made automatically successful November oregon December.

These households volition besides suffice for the DWP's Christmas bonus, which volition beryllium paid successful December.

That's arsenic agelong arsenic they're inactive claiming the benefits during the qualifying week for the bonus.

This is usually the archetypal full week of December, which is December 1 - December 8 this year.

Anyone entitled to the outgo doesn't request to apply, and it volition beryllium paid automatically.

As it's a bonus, it doesn't request to beryllium repaid and won't impact immoderate different benefits you receive.

You'll get it paid into the aforesaid relationship wherever you usually person your payment payments.

But it's worthy keeping an oculus connected your relationship to guarantee you received it successful December.

The outgo should look connected your slope connection arsenic "DWP XB".

If you deliberation you suffice but don't person the outgo automatically, interaction your section Jobcentre Plus oregon Pension Centre.

The bonus is designed to screen further costs associated with Christmas and was archetypal introduced successful 1972.

If you bash not assertion immoderate of the six benefits listed supra oregon find yourself ineligible for the wintertime substance payment, you volition inactive suffice for the DWP's Christmas bonus if you're claiming 1 of 20 benefits.

Who other qualifies for the Christmas bonus?

Most radical claiming DWP benefits volition beryllium entitled to this year's £10 Christmas bonus.

All authorities pensioners are besides eligible, irrespective of their income.

Here's a afloat database of each the benefits that suffice for the currency boost:

• Armed forces independency payment
• Attendance allowance
• Carer's allowance
• Child disablement payment
• Constant attendance allowance
• Contribution-based employment and enactment allowance
• Disability surviving allowance
• Incapacity payment astatine the semipermanent rate
• Industrial decease payment (for widows oregon widowers)
• Mobility supplement
• Pension credit - the warrant element
• Personal independency payment (PIP)
• State pension 
• Severe disablement allowance
• Unemployability supplement oregon allowance
• War disablement pension
• War widow's pension
• Widowed mother's allowance
• Widowed parent's allowance
• Widow's pension

If you person Universal Credit arsenic a stand-alone benefit, you indispensable besides person 1 of the listed benefits to beryllium eligible for the bonus. 

If you are joined oregon unrecorded with a spouse and are some receiving 1 of the benefits listed above, you’ll some beryllium eligible for the Christmas bonus.