Overview

• Benefit payments for Universal Credit, State Pension and other DWP entitlements will be issued on their usual dates in July 2025.
• Claimants rely on the DWP’s monthly schedule to support approximately 24 million individuals across the UK, covering everything from low-income households to disability allowances.
• Beneficiaries of the Basic State Pension receive payments every four weeks on weekdays determined by the last two digits of their National Insurance numbers.
• Working-age benefits saw a 1.7% rise in April 2025, while the State Pension increased by 4.1%, equivalent to an additional £472 annually.
• Despite these measures, research shows 21% of people in the UK were living in poverty in 2022/23 and an estimated £23 billion of benefits remain unclaimed each year.