Christmas Payments

Charlie Brown wrote: My ESA Payment is due on 25th December 2014.

Can anybody advise when I am likely to receive my payment?


CB

It will be paid in advance, either the 23rd or 24th, the DWP will publish a schedule of when payments over Christmas and the New Year will be made closer to the time.

Gordon

Jon Sherwood wrote: Dependent on the dates, you should get your payments on the last working day of the month or specific ones that you'll be told about

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I am afraid that you information is incorrect, the usual practice for a Bank Holiday is to pay on the previous working day, with Christmas being 2 BHs it will depend on how the DWP run the payment systems.

Gordon