Maternity Allowance

shellsuit

Just a quick one!

Does Maternity Allowance always get paid on a Friday or does it differ with each person/area etc? The letter I received about it said mine will get paid on a Friday you see.

Can I also ask, does anyone notice at what time of the day it goes into your bank account? (Morning, noon, night?)

I've been without a wage or MA for 4 weeks now and could really do with it going into my account tonight/in the morning.

Krystaltips

It will be a DWP payment so should be showing in the morning... Think I used to get mine on a Tuesday but it was in the old days before direct payments so used to have to go and cash a giro at the post office... Happy days...

Oh, and if they are late paying and need to back date it you should get a lump sum either in the bank or with a giro... I got £700 in a giro because I left it as late as I could manage before I applied...

shellsuit

Krystaltips wrote: »

It will be a DWP payment so should be showing in the morning... Think I used to get mine on a Tuesday but it was in the old days before direct payments so used to have to go and cash a giro at the post office... Happy days...

Oh, and if they are late paying and need to back date it you should get a lump sum either in the bank or with a giro... I got £700 in a giro because I left it as late as I could manage before I applied...

Thanks Krystal, my letter states that they are going to backdate it for me and it will go straight into my account.

Just checked the bank again and it's not in yet.

I'm so impatient :rotfl:

Fingers crossed it will be there in the morning!

Krystaltips

If they say Friday, it won't be in tonight

shellsuit

Krystaltips wrote: »

If they say Friday, it won't be in tonight

It's just that when I have money due to go in, it's normally always showing the night before, at around 11pm.

I bank with The Co-op, so wasn't sure if that made a difference.

Mind you, it could be coming for NEXT Friday and not this Friday ~ I hope not, I hate not having my own money! *sob*

Krystaltips

I generally find DWP payments go in on time, always available first thing... But I bank with Abbey and I've never seen money available before 5am on the day it's due... Did it not say in the letter when payments would commence?

shellsuit

Krystaltips wrote: »

I generally find DWP payments go in on time, always available first thing... But I bank with Abbey and I've never seen money available before 5am on the day it's due... Did it not say in the letter when payments would commence?

All it said was that they owed me £X and it would be paid within 6 working days of the date on the letter. Then it said payments would be made every Friday, but if they were going to start paying me next Friday, that is longer than 6 working days, so I assumed it would be this Friday.

Unless the backdated payment can come through any day and my normal weekly payments will start next Friday?

Oh dear, does that even make sense?! :rotfl::rotfl:

Krystaltips

Yeah it does... They'll probably start paying it tomorrow with the back payment then... If they say within 6 days then that's when they should start paying...

shellsuit

Krystaltips wrote: »

Yeah it does... They'll probably start paying it tomorrow with the back payment then... If they say within 6 days then that's when they should start paying...

Ahh thanks ~ fingers crossed I'll get a payment sometime tomorrow!

emlou2009

mine went in for the first time last month on the 19th and the 2nd this month? very odd. good though as they gave me 2 weeks less than i was expecting :eek:

shellsuit

Em was that first payment for upto the 2nd of this month though?


Just checked my bank ~ it's not there