Both Good Friday April 18 and Easter Monday, April 21, are bank holidays where payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) won’t be made.
If you are due to receive a DWP benefit payment on either day, you may find you receive your payment on a different day.
While you may be paid earlier in some cases, the money will also have to last you longer, as payment dates will return to normal after the Easter bank holiday weekend.
If your payment is due on either Good Friday, it is likely you will receive the payment on Thursday, April 17.
The same is true for those expecting a payment on Easter Monday.
If you’re payment is due on a different day, it will arrive in your account as normal and the amount you are due to be paid will remain the same.
These are the benefits that may be affected by the Easter bank holiday weekend:
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer’s Allowance
- Child Benefit
- Disability Living Allowance
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Income Support
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- State pension
- Tax Credits
- Universal Credit
DWP Universal Credit payments to increase
Millions of people in who receive Universal Credit will see their payments from the DWP increase next month.
Working age benefits including Child Benefit and Universal Credit will increase by 1.7 per cent, in line with inflation figures from September last year.
Liz Kendall later confirmed this in a written statement, making clear that the same uprating would apply to all disability benefits and to Carer’s Allowance.
These amounts vary by circumstances, but some of the most common amounts are listed below. For full details, see the DWP guidance.
Universal Credit, single person, aged 25+
This is due to increase from £393.45 a month to £400.14, so an extra £6.69 a month
Universal Credit, single, aged 25+ with limited capability for work and work-related activity
This is scheduled to go up from £809.64 to £823.41, giving an additional £13.77 each month.
Universal Credit, single, aged 25+ with one child, born on or after 6 April 2017
This will go up from £681.37 to £692.95 a month, so will be £11.58 more.
Universal Credit, couple, at least one adult 25+ with two children, born on or after 6 April 2017
This is currently £1,193.44 and will go up to £1,213.72, so £20.28 a month.
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Pensioners set for £470 increase
Pensioners will see their state pension increase by up to £470 next month, as an announcement made at last year’s autumn statement comes into effect.
Under the triple lock – which guarantees an increase in line with average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is highest – the full State Pension is to increase by £470 a year to £11,973 next month.
The increase was confirmed last year, when Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the Government would be maintaining their commitment to the pension triple lock.
Pension Credit is also increasing from April, with the Chancellor saying: “The pension credit standard minimum guarantee will also rise by 4.1% from around £11,400 per year to around £11,850 for a single pensioner.”
