The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed pensions and benefits payments will go out as normal to UK households on Monday, June 15, despite a bonus bank holiday.
The bank holiday only applies in Scotland in honour of the country’s participation in the men’s World Cup 2026 – the first time the men’s team has participated in the tournament since 1998. The Bank Holiday was first proposed by First Minister John Swinney to allow people, businesses and other organisations to celebrate the team’s opening game against Haiti, with His Majesty King Charles approving the Royal Proclamation in February.
Normally, when benefits and pensions payments are due on a bank holiday, the DWP will issue payments on the earliest working day before instead. But households expecting a payment on Monday, June 15, will receive it as normal, as the DWP has confirmed the World Cup bank holiday in Scotland won’t disrupt payments.
A spokesperson for the DWP told The Express: “Payments will still process as they do for other Scottish Bank Holidays. Government Banking have confirmed that Bacs does not close for Scottish only Bank Holidays.”
This means that households due any of the following DWP benefits on Monday, June 15, will be paid on that day:
Disability Living Allowance
Employment Support Allowance
Personal Independence Payment
State Pensioners can determine when their payment date from the DWP will fall in June by checking their National Insurance number. The final two digits correspond to the day of the week that payments are normally issued, as follows:
20 to 39 – paid on Tuesday
40 to 59 – paid on Wednesday
60 to 79 – paid on Thursday
80 to 99 – paid on Friday
So pensioners with a National Insurance number ending in 00 to 19 will be paid on a Monday, which may coincide with the World Cup bank holiday in Scotland. If this is the case, payments will still go ahead as normal, with no early payment planned.
Social Security Scotland benefits are also due to be paid as normal in June, with no change due to the World Cup bank holiday. This includes the following benefits:
Pension Age Disability Payment
Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance
Confirming that these benefits will be issued to Scottish households expecting payments on Monday, Social Security Scotland told The Express: “Just to confirm that Monday, 15 June, is a Scottish Public Holiday and doesn’t affect payments.”