State Pension (old style) increase payment dates?

whitesatin

I have been in receipt of my state pension for a few years now and opted to be paid weekly as it suits me. I noticed that the payments since 6th of April don't seem to have increased in line with the annual increase I was expecting. Do you think it will catch up or should I contact them?

xylophone

A couple of points here - are you paid weekly in arrears?

A relative who is paid weekly in arrears found that his first payment at the new rate will not be until 19 April - this was as set out in the annual notice from DWP.

The other point is that while the basic pensionincreased by 2.9% ( highest of triple lock components) there was no increase in Additional State pension as CPI last September was negative.

greenglide

The increase will be effective from Monday 11th April so the payment you got for the week just ended should be at the new rate.

Only the Basic Pension rate has increased, the other components (AP, GRAD etc stay the same as CPI for the applicable 12 months is zero).

You should have got an uprating notification several weeks ago. Did that not tell you the date the increase was from?

whitesatin

I'm away from home just now so can't access paperwork. Not sure if in arrears but I guess so. I am paid every Friday but my bank statement is showing that the payment received yesterday (15th) showed no increase. I realise that not all of my state pension will increase due to CPI. My pension from teaching hasn't increased for the same reason.

greenglide

So you are paid in arrears and the increase will be paid from Friday 22nd.

whitesatin

Got my new payment today, into my account.

bigfreddiel

Panic over!