DWP full list of August 2025 benefit and pension payments ahead of date change
More than 20 million people across the UK claim some sort of benefit payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or HMRC.
If you're due a benefit payment next month, your money may arrive on a different day due to the upcoming bank holidays. There is a bank holiday on Monday, August 25.
This means instead of receiving your benefit payment on this date, you would normally expect to receive it the previous working day, so Friday, August 22.
If you live in Scotland, there is another bank holiday earlier in the month on Monday, August 4. This will also impact your benefit payments. If you are due to receive Child Benefit on this day, your payment will arrive a day later on Tuesday, August 5.
DWP and HMRC benefit payments in August
You can find a full list of some of the most common benefit payments below, plus how often they are normally paid:
Attendance Allowance - Usually every four weeks
Carer's Allowance - Weekly in advance or every four weeks
Child Benefit - Usually every four weeks, or weekly if you're a single parent or you or your partner get certain benefits
Disability Living Allowance - Usually every four weeks
Employment and Support Allowance - Usually every two weeks
Income Support - Usually every two weeks
Jobseeker's Allowance - Usually every two weeks
Pension Credit - Usually every four weeks
Personal Independence Payment - Usually every four weeks
State Pension - Usually every four weeks
Tax credits - Every four weeks or weekly
Universal Credit - Every month
State pension payment dates in August
The day your state pension is paid depends on the last two digits of your National Insurance number - you can see which days correlate to which day of the week below. The state pension is normally paid every four weeks.
00 to 19: Monday
20 to 39: Tuesday
40 to 59: Wednesday
60 to 79: Thursday
80 to 99: Friday
What if I don't get paid?
If you don't get your benefit payment when you expected to, you should contact the relevant helpline. Do keep in mind these are unlikely to be open on bank holidays, so you may have to wait until the next working day.
Universal Credit:
Call for free: 0800 328 9344
Welsh speaking: 0800 012 1888
Textphone: 0800 328 1344
Child benefit:
Call for free: 0300 200 3100
Outside UK: +44 161 210 3086
Tax credits:
Call HMRC for free: 0345 300 3900
From outside the UK: +44 2890 538 192
Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support, Incapacity Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance:
Call for free: 0800 169 0310
Textphone: 0800 169 0314
Relay UK (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 169 0310
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