Michael Bell
Question:169 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Social Welfare if people in receipt of disability benefit book payments will be paid the Christmas bonus in 1994. [320/94]
Vol. 445 No. 6
169 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Social Welfare if people in receipt of disability benefit book payments will be paid the Christmas bonus in 1994. [320/94]
Payment of a Christmas bonus this year of 70 per cent of normal weekly payments has been approved by the Government. There will be a minimum payment of £20 and in all over 1.2 million people will benefit — 733,000 recipients and their 488,000 dependants — at an estimated cost of £37.4 million.