Speeches

Lord Brabazon of Tara – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Brabazon of Tara on 2015-12-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost of distributing the £10 Christmas Bonus for pensioners.

Baroness Altmann

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.