Employment Support Allowance Christmas payments...

Sifter22Sifter22 Posts: 12,054
Forum Member
✭✭
Does anyone know what date people on ESA get paid just before Christmas? If I remember right it always goes really weird with payments around Christmas time... Cheers in advance!
«1

Comments

  • joan13joan13 Posts: 1,227
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    Early payment dates for benefits due at Christmas and New Year

    Benefit payment due date Actual payment/receipt date
    24 December 2012 21 December 2012
    25 December 2012 (Christmas Day) 21 December 2012
    26 December 2012 (Boxing Day) 21 December 2012
    1 January 2013 (New Year’s Day) 31 December 2012
    2 January 2013 (Scotland only) 31 December 2012

    https://www.gov.uk/how-to-have-your-benefits-paid
  • Sifter22Sifter22 Posts: 12,054
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    That's still a bit confusing, it doesn't say which benefits. I'm sure different ones are paid on different days.
  • annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
    Forum Member
    Sifter22 wrote: »
    That's still a bit confusing, it doesn't say which benefits. I'm sure different ones are paid on different days.

    it`s all benefits. it`s about when they`re paid not why.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,133
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    I got my 10 xmas bonus today. Proper beans and Warbutons bread for my Xmas dinner.
  • v0idv0id Posts: 1,009
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    klendathu wrote: »
    I got my 10 xmas bonus today. Proper beans and Warbutons bread for my Xmas dinner.

    I thought they stopped the tenner christmas bonus? :confused:
  • annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
    Forum Member
    i got mine last week.↑
  • scorpio manscorpio man Posts: 4,960
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    v0id wrote: »
    I thought they stopped the tenner christmas bonus? :confused:
    Not yet they haven't but give it time.
    i got mine last week.↑
    Me too.

    Just waiting for the cold weather payments to kick in now. ;)
  • spookyLXspookyLX Posts: 11,730
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    do those dates include DLA ? mines due on the 24th dec
  • MiresiaVertetaMiresiaVerteta Posts: 1,242
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    spookyLX wrote: »
    do those dates include DLA ? mines due on the 24th dec

    I think all benefits are paid on the 21st and 31st....double Carers in a week sounds good to me :)
  • spookyLXspookyLX Posts: 11,730
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    I think all benefits are paid on the 21st and 31st....double Carers in a week sounds good to me :)

    hope so will make christmas a little easier
  • Jean_DanielsJean_Daniels Posts: 5,031
    Forum Member
    when i recieved my tax credits on a monday it was always in my bank by the saturday,dont know if its changed now.my payment is due new years day,
  • workhorseworkhorse Posts: 2,836
    Forum Member
    ✭✭✭
    22.12.12
  • Jean_DanielsJean_Daniels Posts: 5,031
    Forum Member
    received form off jsa today payments will be on the 24th dec
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8
    Forum Member
    can some one please help me i was due my payment of ESA on the 25th (xmas day)
    but it went in on the 21st dec
    witch means i wasent due a payment until the 8th jan
    but for some reason on the 31st of dec i got one week worth of payment
    so got a full 2 weeks worth on 21st and then one week worth on 31st :/
    please help :confused::cry:
  • annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
    Forum Member
    can some one please help me i was due my payment of ESA on the 25th (xmas day)
    but it went in on the 21st dec
    witch means i wasent due a payment until the 8th jan
    but for some reason on the 31st of dec i got one week worth of payment
    so got a full 2 weeks worth on 21st and then one week worth on 31st :/
    please help :confused::cry:

    phone them.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8
    Forum Member
    i plan on calling them tomorrow i was just after any ideas what could have happend and i only noticed this to day
  • annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
    Forum Member
    i plan on calling them tomorrow i was just after any ideas what could have happend and i only noticed this to day
    i`m sure it`ll be fine, are you sure it wasn`t money you were owed rather than your regular payment?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8
    Forum Member
    i`m sure it`ll be fine, are you sure it wasn`t money you were owed rather than your regular payment?

    i really dont know
    it was exactly half my payment they have not written to me at all
    just odd that its exactly one week early and one week worth of payment :/
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 806
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    can some one please help me i was due my payment of ESA on the 25th (xmas day)
    but it went in on the 21st dec
    witch means i wasent due a payment until the 8th jan
    but for some reason on the 31st of dec i got one week worth of payment
    so got a full 2 weeks worth on 21st and then one week worth on 31st :/

    I got the same too! Have been trying to get through to them but no luck yet.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8
    Forum Member
    as long as i am not the only one so my last 3 payments have been
    11th full amount (2 weeks worth)
    21st full amount (2 weeks worth)
    31st half amount (one weeks worth)
  • Sifter22Sifter22 Posts: 12,054
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    Think I got some in on 31st as well! Not sure how much it was though. So the next payment is the 8th?
  • annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
    Forum Member
    as long as i am not the only one so my last 3 payments have been
    11th full amount (2 weeks worth)
    21st full amount (2 weeks worth)
    31st half amount (one weeks worth)

    don`t panic!!!!!!!

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4364617
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8
    Forum Member
    not sure that is wat i am trying to work out
    i got exactly one weeks worth on 31st
    so will we be getting a weeks payment on the 8th or normal 2 weeks payment ??
  • Sifter22Sifter22 Posts: 12,054
    Forum Member
    ✭✭
    The 8th is a Friday, won't it just go to the next Monday?
  • annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
    Forum Member
    not sure that is wat i am trying to work out
    i got exactly one weeks worth on 31st
    so will we be getting a weeks payment on the 8th or normal 2 weeks payment ??

    was that at the link?

    if so, op says:
    Like everyone else my Christmas dated ESA came in early (24th Dec instead of 25th). However my next payment (fortnightly) is not due until the 8th January 2013. The thing is half of it has been paid in. That is, one weeks payment dated the 31st Jan when I checked my online banking.

    and the rest say more or less the same, so don`t worry about it.
Sign In or Register to comment.