Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 18679

Social Security Benefits: Payments

Tabled: 9 December 2024

Answered: 12 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Rachel Hopkins

Labour — Luton South and South Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii)

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

DWP pays benefits and pensions on the date a payment is due. DWP assesses the impact on benefit claimants and pensioners of interruptions to normal access to banking services. This year, 24 December 2024 is a normal banking day and so customers will be ab...

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