DWP and HMRC Easter Bank Holiday payment dates – full list | Personal Finance | Finance

As Easter approaches with its two bank holidays, DWP and HMRC payment dates will change slightly. Those who receive benefits or pensions might have to plan their finances accordingly, as payments due on Good Friday or Easter Monday will be impacted. To help you prepare ahead of the long weekend, The Express has compiled a list of the new DWP and HMRC dates.

Universal Credit 

If your payment is due on Good Friday or Easter Monday bank holidays (18 April or 21 April), it will be brought forward to Thursday 17 April. Payments on other days will be unaffected, and even though the date may change, the amount will not.

Other benefits

Any payment due on a weekend or bank holiday will defect to the previous working day, so benefits that are due between Friday, 18 April and Monday, 21 April, will now be made on Thursday, 17 April.

It is the same for Northern Ireland, where the Department for Communities makes payments on the last working day before a bank holiday, Thursday 17 April.

Pensions 

Pension payment days are dependent on the last two digits of a claimant’s national insurance (NI) number, which are as follows:

• 00 to 19: Monday
• 20 to 39: Tuesday
• 40 to 59: Wednesday
• 60 to 79: Thursday
• 80 to 99: Friday

Those who normally receive their state pension on a Monday or Friday will now receive their pension payments on the first working day before, which is Thursday 17 April.

The DWP and HMRC’s benefit payment schedule:

• Attendance allowance – usually every four weeks
• Carer’s allowance – weekly in advance or every four weeks
• Child benefit – usually every four weeks, weekly for single parents and some benefits claimants
• Disability living allowance – usually every four weeks
• Employment and support allowance – usually every two weeks
• Income support – usually every two weeks
• Jobseeker’s allowance – usually every two weeks
• Maternity allowance – every two or four weeks
• Pension credit – usually every four weeks
• Personal independence payment (PIP) – usually every four weeks
• Tax credits – every four weeks or weekly