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