DWP payment change from today as eight benefits get cash boost

Isabelle Bates
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Anyone receiving certain benefits will see a payment increase from this month. The first people to get the boost are ones scheduled for a payment today (May 6).

But as it is a bank holiday, the money hit their account on Friday, May 3. Eight benefits in total are being increased, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

However, people on Universal Credit won't be getting a new rate until May 14 at the earliest following an assessment period that ran from April 8 to May 7. This is because this benefit is issued to each recipient on the same date every month as their first payment and people need a full one-month assessment period starting on or after April 8.

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And anyone who receives their payment every two weeks rather than every four weeks will have received their increased amount during April.

The new payment rates are listed below:

Attendance Allowance

  • Higher rate: £108.55 (from £101.75)

  • Lower rate: £72.65 (from £68.10)

Carer's Allowance

  • April 2024 rate: £81.90 (from £76.75)

  • Earnings threshold: £151.00 (from £139.00)

Pension Credit

Standard minimum guarantee

  • Single: £218.15 (from £201.05)

  • Couple: £332.95 (from £306.85)

Additional amount for severe disability

  • Single: £81.50 (from £76.40)

  • Couple (one qualifies): £81.50 (from £76.40)

  • Couple (both qualify): £163.00 (from £152.80)

Additional amount for carers

  • £45.60 (from £42.75)

Disability Living Allowance

Care component

  • Highest: £108.55 (from £101.75)

  • Middle: £72.65 (from £68.10)

  • Lowest: £28.70 (from £26.90)

Mobility component

  • Higher: £75.75 (from £71.00)

  • Lower: £28.70 (from £26.90)

  • Standard rate: £184.03 (from £172.48)

Savings credit

  • Threshold, single: £189.80 (from £174.49)

  • Threshold, couple: £301.22 (from £277.12)

  • Maximum, single: £17.01 (from £15.94)

  • Maximum, couple: £19.04 (from £17.84)

Children

  • First child born before April 6, 2017: £76.79 (from £72.31)

  • Subsequent children: £66.29 (from £61.88)

Disabled child

  • Lower rate: £35.93 (from £33.67)

  • Higher rate: £112.21 (from £104.86)

Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

Daily Living Component

  • Enhanced: £108.55 (from £101.75)

  • Standard: £72.65 (from £68.10)

Mobility Component

  • Enhanced: £75.75 (from £71.00)

  • Standard: £28.70 (from £26.90)

State Pension

New State Pension

  • Full rate: £221.20 (from £203.85)

Old/Basic State Pension

  • Category A or B Basic State Pension: £169.50 (from £156.20)

  • Category B (lower) Basic State Pension - spouse or civil partner's insurance: £101.55 (from £93.60)

  • Category C or D - non-contributory: £101.55 (from £93.60)

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