Full list of DWP benefits and pension payments dates this July | Personal Finance | Finance
Around 24 million people in the UK are currently in receipt of some form of benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). These are provided for a number of reasons including if you have a low income, are unemployed, have a limiting health condition or disability, or are retired, among others.
While these payments will help, many are still struggling with the cost of the living as inflation continues to rise. As reported by The Independent, research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that 21% of people in the UK – or one in five – were in poverty in 2022/23.
Therefore, it’s vital to know what cash support you could be entitled to. It is thought around £23bn worth of benefits go unclaimed each year.
To work out what you could get, you can use a simple online calculator provided by Policy in Practice here.
For those who are set to receieve benefits this month, here is when you can expect to be paid.
Benefit payments will be going out as normal in July due to the fact there are no bank holidays. These include:
- Universal Credit
- State pension
- Pension credit
- Child benefit
- Disability living allowance
- Personal independence payment (PIP)
- Attendance allowance
- Carer’s allowance
- Employment support allowance
- Income support
- Jobseeker’s allowance
Visit the Government’s website for more information on how and when state benefits are paid.
Pension payments
The Basic State Pension is typically paid straight into your bank account every four weeks. The the exact day you receive it will correspong to the last two digits of your National Insurance (NI) number.
Here’s when you should be paid based on those numbers:
- 00 to 19: Monday
- 20 to 39: Tuesday
- 40 to 59: Wednesday
- 60 to 79: Thursday
- 80 to 99: Friday
Benefit rates
In April this year, all benefits were increased by 1.7%, in line with the September 2024 inflation figure. This increase applied to all working-age benefits, including universal credit, PIP, DLA, attendance allowance, carer’s allowance, ESA and more.
Simultaneously, in accordance with the triple lock, the state pension has seen a rise of 4.1% – an annual increase of £472 – matching wage growth in 2024.
