Millions to get £10 Christmas bonus from DWP this year - full list of eligible benefits

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Millions of benefit claimants could receive a Christmas bonus from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this year. The tax-free payment is handed out to those receiving one of 21 benefits, including Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and State Pension.

Eligible claimants should receive the extra cash automatically, which means there is no need to apply. The Christmas payment is generally given in the "first full week" of December and was first introduced as part of the Pensioners' and Familly Income Supplement Payments Act in 1972.

For the past five years, the bonus cash has been worth £10, however, in 2008 it was increased to £70 to support people during the financial crash, the Mirror reports. Read more: How surprise inflation drop could impact Bank of England's interest rates decision tomorrow The DWP will once again pay the cash this year to people who live or are "ordinarily resident" in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Gibraltar receiving one of the qualifying benefits. Read more: Martin Lewis urges all drivers to act amid 'shocking' insurance price surge According to the DWP website, these include: Adult disability payment Armed Forces independence payment Attendance allowance Carer’s allowance Child disability payment Constant attendance allowance (paid under industrial injuries or war pensions schemes) Contribution-based employment and support allowance (once the main phase of the benefit is entered after the first 13 weeks of claim) DLA Incapacity benefit at the long-term rate Industrial death benefit (for widows or widowers) Mobility supplement Pension Credit (the guarantee element) PIP State Pension (including graduated retirement benefit) Severe