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 2023 31 March 2023 3 April 2023
April 2023 27 April 2023 2 May 2023
May 2023
30 May 2023 1 June 2023
June 2023 29 June 2023 3 July 2023
July 2023 28 July 2023 1 August 2023
August 2023 30 August 2023 1 September 2023
September 2023 28 September 2023 2 October 2023
October 2023 30 October 2023 1 November 2023
November 2023 29 November 2023 1 December 2023
December 2023 22 December 2023 2 January 2024
January 2024 30 January 2024 1 February 2024
February 2024 28 February 2024 1 March 2024
March 2024 27 March 2024 2 April 2024
Four weekly payments table
Payment Period Date Produced Date receipted to bank*
6 March 2023 – 2 April 2023 30 March 2023 3 April 2023
3 April 2023 – 30 April 2023 27 April 2023 2 May 2023
1 May 2023 – 28 May 2023 25 May 2023 30 May 2023
29 May 2023 – 25 June 2023 22 June 2023 26 June 2023
26 June 2023 – 23 July 2023 20 July 2023 24 July 2023
24 July 2023 – 20 August 2023 17 August 2023 21 August 2023
21 August 2023 – 17 September 2023 14 September 2023 18 September 2023
18 September 2023 – 15 October 2023 12 October 2023 16 October 2023
16 October 2023 – 12 November 2023 9 November 2023 13 November 2023
13 November 2023 – 10 December 2023 7 December 2023 11 December 2023
11 December 2023 – 7 January 2024 4 January 2024 8 January 2024
8 January 2024 – 4 February 2024 1 February 2024 5 February 2024
5 February 2024 – 3 March 2024 29 February 2024 4 March 2024
4 March 2024 – 31 March 2024 28 March 2024 3 April 2024

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

If you wish to make a claim for housing benefit/council tax support but you are unable to claim using the online application, please contact us on the telephone number below.

Contact us

  • Contact us online
  • 01256 844844
  • Civic Offices
    London Road
    Basingstoke
    RG21 4AH
  • Opening hours
    Monday to Friday
    8.30am to 4.30pm