The standard £10 Christmas bonus was paid as normal before Christmas to all those who qualified. Information on when the additional Christmas bonus was paid is in the table.
Volume payments made/expected to be made Percentage of forecasted total December 2008 Nil Nil January 2009 12,216,750 79.63 February 2009 1,433,420 9.34 March 2009 1,692,590 11.03 April 2009 Nil1 Nil Notes: 1. Exceptionally there may be some clerical payments. 2. All payments figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. The total volume of payments to be made is 15,342,751. Source: Special Payment Programme Weekly Review document 4 March 2009