Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

[Kati]

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BENEFIT PAYMENTS OVER CHRISTMAS 2015 Tax Credits and Child Benefit


If your payment is due
Friday25th
It will be paid on
CHRISTMAS EVE

If your payment is due
Monday28th
It will be paid on
CHRISTMAS EVE

If your payment is due
Tuesday29th
It will be paid on
CHRISTMAS EVE

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OTHER BENEFITS (eg. ESA/JSA )

If your payment is due
Thursday24th
It will be paid on
23rd December

If your payment is due
Friday25th
It will be paid on
23rd December

If your payment is due
Monday28th
It will be paid on
23rd December

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Christmas and New Year payments

Your usual payment date may change if you receive any benefit, apart from Child Benefit or tax credits.
Benefit payments due:

• between 23 and 28 December will be paid on 23 December 2015
• on 31 December 2015 or 1 January 2016 will be paid on 31 December 2015
• on 4 January 2016 in Scotland will be paid on 31 December 2015

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Tax credits: your payment dates


Tax credit payments are made every week or every 4 weeks.

You choose if you want to get paid weekly or every 4 weeks on your claim form.
It can take up to 5 weeks to process a new claim. You’ll be sent an award notice by post giving you the date of your first payment.
Bank holiday payment dates for Tax Credits through Christmas & New Year 2015/16

If it’s a bank holiday anywhere in the UK your payment may be early.

Friday 25 December 2015 (Christmas Day)	Thursday 24 December 2015
Monday 28 December 2015	Thursday 24 December 2015
Tuesday 29 December 2015	Thursday 24 December 2015
Friday 1 January 2016 (New Year’s Day)	Thursday 31 December 2015
Monday 4 January 2016	Thursday 31 December 2015
Tuesday 5 January 2016	4th January 2016 (except Scotland)

Child Benefit Payment dates at Christmas and the New Year

24, 28, 29 December 2015	24 December 2015
Friday 1 January 2016	31 December 2015
4 January 2016 (England and Wales)	31 December 2015
5 January 2016 (Scotland only)	4 January 2016

How often you’re paid

Attendance Allowance	Usually every 4 weeks
Basic State Pension	Usually every 4 weeks
Carer’s Allowance	Weekly in advance, or every 4 or 13 weeks
Child Benefit	Usually every 4 weeks – or weekly if you’re a single parent or you or your partner get certain benefits. Bank holiday payment dates may be different.
Disability Living Allowance	Usually every 4 weeks
Employment and Support Allowance	Usually every 2 weeks
Jobseeker’s Allowance	Usually every 2 weeks
Pension Credit	Usually every 4 weeks
Personal Independence Payment	Usually every 4 weeks
Tax credits, eg Working Tax Credits	Every 4 weeks or weekly. Check your payment date if you’re paid every 4 weeks. Bank holiday payment dates may be different.
Universal Credit	Every month

[gracie01]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

Thank you. It's really gonna help me a lot. :santa2:

[Amethyst]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

Glad my CTC payment date is on a Wednesday so not affected. My Child Benefit's on a Monday will be a bit skewey but that's helpful coming Christmas Eve though means I'll spend it on the wrong things and be skint the first week of Jan but hey ho, swings and roundabouts.

Is Monday 5th Jan a bank holiday ?? No it isn't...not sure why that's arsed up then.,

25 December	Thursday	Christmas Day
26 December	Friday	Boxing Day

1 January	Thursday	New Year’s Day
3 April	Friday	Good Friday

[Kati]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

The only one that's going to get me is my child benefit (due on Tuesday the 30th) mashappy:

[Benolli]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

I think this maybe a little misleading, I am due a payment on the 29th of December and although it will be issued earlier the payment will still only be in my account by the 29th It wont be there on the 24th as you have implied.

[MIKE770]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

not from previous years payment were credited on the date they state, we shall see.

[Amethyst]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

Other benefits

Payment dates at Christmas and the new year
Payment due date When you’ll be paid
24, 25, 26 December 2014 24 December
1 January 2015 31 December 2014
2 January 2015 (England and Wales) 2 January 2015
2 January 2015 (Scotland only) 31 December 2014


It differs slightly for things like JSA and DLA etc, the first post is for Tax Credits. I'll make sure that is clear.

[Kati]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

A friend of mine is due their JSA payment on the 26th (next Friday) and has been told it should be in on the 24th (Wed) instead :santa_wink:

[Amethyst]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

Yes JSA payments due 25 or 26th will be paid on 24th, Payments due on 29th will be paid on 29th.

Tax Credits payments due 25th, 26th or 29th will be paid on 24th - no idea why they are different, just to confuse us lol.

[nemesis45]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

HMRC & DWP are totally unable to communicate with each other and incapable of any synchronised actions.
Or so I'm told by one who works for one of the departments.masred:

[Amethyst]

Re: Benefit Payments over Christmas and New Year 2014/15

Cheque Clearing Times over Christmas ( someone asked me so...)

Cheques paid into a
Nationwide Current Account

Date paid in Date available to withdraw
15 December - Monday 19-Dec
16 December - Tuesday 22-Dec
17 December - Wednesday 23-Dec
18 December - Thursday 24-Dec
19 December - Friday 29-Dec
20 December - Saturday 30-Dec
21 December - Sunday Closed
22 December - Monday 30-Dec
23 December - Tuesday 31-Dec
24 December - Wednesday 2-Jan
25 December - Thursday Closed
26 December - Friday Closed
27 December - Saturday 5-Jan
28 December - Sunday Closed
29 December - Monday 5-Jan
30 December - Tuesday 6-Jan
31 December - Wednesday 7-Jan
1 January - Thursday Closed
2 January - Friday 8-Jan
3 January - Saturday 9-Jan
4 January - Sunday Closed

Although the Society makes funds available to allow you to withdraw against cheques on these dates this does not mean that the
cheque has fully cleared for ‘certainty’. Cheques can be returned unpaid (for example, if the person who gave you the cheque has
insufficient money in their account) and if so can be removed from your account up until 11:59pm on the 6th working day following
the day of deposit.