Christmas Bonus
(asked on 7th December 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost of distributing the £10 Christmas Bonus for pensioners.
This question was answered on 11th December 2015
This information is not available.
Both Pensioners and working age people in receipt of certain benefits receive the Christmas Bonus. Christmas Bonus payments are usually automatically generated based on receipt of a qualifying benefit. The cost of doing this is not separately identifiable from the administrative costs of the qualifying benefits.