state pension question 30 December 2009 at 10:24PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Over 50s Money Saving 19 replies 1.9K views

mardatha

I chose to get my pension weekly, but I dont know what day its paid on ! Does anybody know ? and is it weekly in arrears or in advance ?

dzug1

At one time it was Mondays - whether this is still universal I don't know.

ManAtHome

Last time I looked (advance planning...) it started the first Monday after your 60/65th birthday - in advance apart from the few days between birthday and monday.

mardatha

I had one payment that came in on last wed, exactly on my 60th birthday. I just thought that was odd because I was told it started the monday after the birthday. I havent had anything today though..

anmarj

are you sure it was SP, were you on any other benefits prior to that? has your claim for SP defintely gone through?

You would be best to contact the Pension Service, but SP if paid weekly is normally a Monday payday

roddydogs

Its is Monday, but Bank Holidays are different, eg ive got mine today for next Monday. Its always earlier, not later.

mardatha

ok that makes sense Roddy, because mine went in again today. I had always thought it was monday too, so it must be different because of xmas/new year. TY everybody .

Biggles

mardatha wrote: »

ok that makes sense Roddy, because mine went in again today. I had always thought it was monday too, so it must be different because of xmas/new year. TY everybody .

Yes, we got ours today as well. Don't know why, as Monday isn't a holiday.

mardatha

It is up here !!

margaretclare

Errr, if Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day falls on a weekend then the following Monday is treated as a Bank Holiday.

This happened last week, when Boxing Day fell on Saturday. Monday was treated as the Bank Holiday, so all payments went out beforehand.

mardatha

plus in Scotland we have an extra day at new year whoohoo