DWP confirms £965.20 payments for state pensioners on Monday, June 15 | Personal Finance | Finance
State Pension payments will be paid as normal on Monday, June 15, despite the World Cup bank holiday (Image: Getty)
State Pension payments of up to £965.20 have been confirmed for pensioner households on Monday, June 15, despite a bonus bank holiday. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed to The Express that payments will continue to be issued as normal, even though there is a public holiday in Scotland to celebrate Scotland’s participation in the men’s football FIFA World Cup 2026 finals.
The Bank Holiday was proposed by First Minister John Swinney to allow people, businesses and other organisations in Scotland to celebrate the team’s opening game against Haiti. His Majesty King Charles approved the Royal Proclamation in February, confirming the holiday to honour the first time the men’s national team has participated in the tournament since 1998. While benefits payments are normally disrupted when they fall on a bank holiday, the DWP has confirmed that the upcoming World Cup bank holiday in Scotland won’t affect payments.
As such, it means that state pensioners who are expecting to receive their State Pension payment on Monday, June 15, will be paid as normal.
A spokesperson for the DWP confirmed to 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.”
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 this month, with no early payment planned.
For new State Pension claimants with a full National Insurance record, DWP payments will be £965.20 following a triple lock change in April.
The State Pension is uprated in line with the triple lock at the start of each new tax year, increasing this year by 4.8% in line with average wage growth – as this was the highest of the triple lock factors.
The uplift means the full new State Pension is now worth £241.30 per week, up from £230.25 previously. As the State Pension is paid every four weeks, those who qualify for the full amount can now expect payments of £965.20 from the DWP in each four-week period.
Of course, the figures are based on the maximum possible amount for those with a full qualifying National Insurance record, so those without enough qualifying years will receive less.
As for older state pensioners claiming the old basic State Pension, weekly payments are now worth a maximum of £184.90 per week, up from £176.45 previously. Over each four-week payment period, this amounts to payments of £739.60 from the DWP for those eligible for the full amount.
Confirming the new rates at the end of last year, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Pat McFadden said: “I am pleased to announce that the basic and new State Pensions will be increased by 4.8%, in line with the increase in average weekly earnings in the year to May-July 2025.
“This delivers on our commitment to the Triple Lock, increasing these rates in line with the highest of growth in prices, growth in earnings or 2.5%.
“From April, the full annual rate of the new State Pension will increase by around £575. The full annual rate of the basic State Pension will increase by around £440.”
