Housing Benefit payment dates

Housing Benefit payments are made in arrears and will be paid either on a four weekly or monthly basis. Generally, if you are charged rent on a weekly basis, you will be paid four weekly. If you are charged rent on a monthly basis, you will be paid monthly. Please refer to your Housing Benefit entitlement letter that will tell you which cycle you are paid on.

The tables below show the dates for both payment cycles.

Monthly payments table

Payment Period Date Produced Date Receipted to Bank*
March 2024 27 March 2024 2 April 2024
April 2024 29 April 2024 1 May 2024
May 2024
30 May 2024 3 June 2024
June 2024 27 June 2024 1 July 2024
July 2024 30 July 2024 1 August 2024
August 2024 29 August 2024 2 September 2024
September 2024 27 September 2024 1 October 2024
October 2024 30 October 2024 1 November 2024
November 2024 28 November 2024 2 December 2024
December 2024 24 December 2024 2 January 2025
January 2025 30 January 2025 3 February 2025
February 2025 27 February 2025 3 March 2025
March 2025 28 March 2025 1 April 2025
Four weekly payments table

Payment Period Date Produced Date receipted to bank*
4 March 2024 – 31 March 2024 28 March 2024 3 April 2024
1 April 2024 – 28 April 2024 25 April 2024 29 April 2024
29 April 2024 – 26 May 2024 23 May 2024 28 May 2024
27 May 2024 – 23 June 2024 20 June 2024 24 June 2024
24 June 2024 – 21 July 2024 18 July 2024 22 July 2024
22 July 2024 – 18 August 2024 15 August 2024 19 August 2024
19 August 2024 – 15 September 2024 12 September 2024 16 September 2024
16 September 2024 – 13 October 2024 10 October 2024 14 October 2024
14 October 2024 – 10 November 2024 7 November 2024 11 November 2024
11 November 2024 – 8 December 2024 5 December 2024 9 December 2024
9 December 2024 – 5 January 2025 2 January 2025 6 January 2025
6 January 2025 – 2 February 2025 30 January 2025 3 February 2025
3 February 2025 – 2 March 2025 27 February 2025 3 March 2025
3 March 2025 – 30 March 2025 27 March 2025 31 March 2025

BACS (Bankers Automated Clearing Services) is a credit to your nominated bank account. The payment will take a minimum of three working days to reach your account. For example if a payment is produced on a Monday, the payment should reach your account on Wednesday, being three working days. Please note that this is a minimum and for some banks this may take longer.

Contact details

Benefits Team

If you have an enquiry about benefits, send a message to the Benefits Team

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