Arrived in my account today. It obviously applies only to the basic pension and not to the SERPS element, which would have made the total £100 for me. Never mind, better than a kick in the backside.
60 GBP = Pension Increase Brought Forward
Jan 12, 2009
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In message of Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Gordon H writes
The £60 payment is Xmas bonus - nothing to do with pension.
The reference on your Bank Statement will confirm this.
AA000000A DWP XB = Xmas Bonus AA000000A DWP SP = State Pension AA000000A DWP WFP = Winter Fuel Payment
Where AA000000A is you NI Number
David
Nope - mine just says AA000000A DWP SP - but is 60 more than my normal weekly state pension.
In message , David Floyd writes
Correct, but it was calculated to be the equivalent of the next due pension increase, brought forward from April, according to Alistair Dearest, not just a figure pulled from his eyebrows.
Having just read another post, the XB doesn't seem to have been applied to weekly pension payments. I'll leave someone else to explain that... :)
It wasn't for the 10 bonus in December, either - just an extra 10 included within the SP item.
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