The Short Answer

To find your next PIP payment date, add 28 days to your last payment date; a date that falls on a bank holiday is normally paid the working day before. GOV.UK states that PIP is usually paid every 4 weeks, and that a payment due on a bank holiday is usually made before it, then as normal. The cycle runs from the original due dates, so an early payment does not pull the next one forward. The checker above projects 12 dates from one date you already know.

How the PIP Payment Cycle Works

Every 4 weeks, on the same weekday, in arrears. GOV.UK states that PIP "is usually paid every 4 weeks" and that your decision letter tells you "what day of the week you'll usually be paid". Because 4 weeks is 28 days rather than a calendar month, the date moves earlier through the month each time and produces 13 payments in a year.

That is why a monthly date is the wrong mental model. A payment on 3 January is followed by one on 31 January, then 28 February, and so on. The When Is PIP Paid? Payment Days Explained page sets out the cycle and what the decision letter contains.

Paid every 28 days, a Monday cycle starting 6 April 2026 produces 13 PIP payments in 2026/27: June has two, and two payments move earlier for bank holidays.

Example cycle: payment day Monday, first due date in the year Monday 6 April 2026, England and Wales bank holidays. Your own dates depend on the day in your decision letter.

  1. April 2026

    • Thu 2 (paid early for a bank holiday)

  2. May 2026

    • Fri 1 (paid early for a bank holiday)

  3. June 2026

    • Mon 1
    • Mon 29

  4. July 2026

    • Mon 27

  5. August 2026

    • Mon 24

  6. September 2026

    • Mon 21

  7. October 2026

    • Mon 19

  8. November 2026

    • Mon 16

  9. December 2026

    • Mon 14

  10. January 2027

    • Mon 11

  11. February 2027

    • Mon 8

  12. March 2027

    • Mon 8
Paid on the due datePaid early for a bank holidayMonth with two payments
  • Due Monday 6 April 2026 (Easter Monday), normally paid Thursday 2 April 2026.
  • Due Monday 4 May 2026 (Early May bank holiday), normally paid Friday 1 May 2026.

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Source: GOV.UK bank holidays feed; GOV.UK, PIP: how much you'll get

The Bank Holiday Rule

A payment due on a bank holiday is normally made before it, and the cycle continues unchanged. GOV.UK states: "If your payment date is on a bank holiday, you'll usually be paid before the bank holiday. After that you'll continue to get paid as normal."

A PIP payment due on an England and Wales bank holiday is normally paid on the last working day before it: in 2026/27, a payment due on Monday 29 March 2027 arrives on Thursday 25 March 2027, four days early.
England and Wales bank holidays in 2026/27 and the day a PIP payment due on each is normally made
Bank holidayPayment dueNormally paid
Easter MondayMon 6 AprThu 2 Apr4 days early
Early May bank holidayMon 4 MayFri 1 May3 days early
Spring bank holidayMon 25 MayFri 22 May3 days early
Summer bank holidayMon 31 AugFri 28 Aug3 days early
Christmas DayFri 25 DecThu 24 Dec1 day early
Boxing DayMon 28 DecThu 24 Dec4 days early
New Year’s DayFri 1 JanThu 31 Dec1 day early
Good FridayFri 26 MarThu 25 Mar1 day early
Easter MondayMon 29 MarThu 25 Mar4 days early

Weekend closures before a holiday are counted, which is why a Monday holiday moves a payment back to the Friday. The following payment is still due 28 days after the original date.

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Source: GOV.UK bank holidays feed; GOV.UK, PIP: how much you'll get

Two consequences follow. The first is that an early payment is not an extra payment; the money covers the same 4 weeks it always did, and the next payment is not late for arriving 4 weeks after the original date. The second is that the gap between an early payment and the next one is longer than 4 weeks, which is worth planning for at Christmas, when several closures fall together.

Why the Nations Differ

England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland keep different bank holiday calendars. Scotland has 2 January and observes St Andrew's Day; Northern Ireland has St Patrick's Day and the Battle of the Boyne; England and Wales have neither. The same payment date can therefore be early in one nation and ordinary in another.

The checker asks where you live for that reason. PIP itself is paid in England and Wales, and by Northern Ireland's own department in Northern Ireland, but a PIP award continues for 13 weeks after a move to Scotland, so all three calendars can apply.

SituationWhat happens to the date
Ordinary cyclePaid every 4 weeks in arrears, on a fixed weekday
Payment date on a bank holidayUsually paid before the bank holiday, then as normal
The following paymentStill 4 weeks after the original due date, not the date paid
First payment after a decisionOften longer than 4 weeks, because arrears are included

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Table of 8 England and Wales bank holidays from October 2026 to September 2027 and the date a PIP payment due on each usually arrives: Christmas Day Fri 25 Dec 2026, paid Thu 24 Dec 2026; Boxing Day Mon 28 Dec 2026, paid Thu 24 Dec 2026; New Year's Day Fri 1 Jan 2027, paid Thu 31 Dec 2026; Good Friday Fri 26 Mar 2027, paid Thu 25 Mar 2027; Easter Monday Mon 29 Mar 2027, paid Thu 25 Mar 2027; Early May bank holiday Mon 3 May 2027, paid Fri 30 Apr 2027; Spring bank holiday Mon 31 May 2027, paid Fri 28 May 2027; Summer bank holiday Mon 30 Aug 2027, paid Fri 27 Aug 2027.

In England and Wales from October 2026 to September 2027, a PIP payment due on a bank holiday usually arrives on the last working day before it, for example Thursday 24 December 2026 for a payment due on 25 December 2026.

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When a Payment Does Not Arrive

Allow a few working days past the date shown before treating a payment as missing. Bank processing sits between the DWP issuing a payment and the money appearing, and no calendar predicts it. Three checks settle almost every case:

  1. Confirm the due date against your decision letter, counting 28 days from the last payment rather than a calendar month.
  2. Check whether the due date was a bank holiday, in which case the money arrived earlier and the following gap is longer than 28 days.
  3. Check the account named in the decision letter, which is not always the account you use most.

Where the money still has not arrived, the PIP enquiry line on 0800 121 4433 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) can confirm the date it was issued and the account it went to. Those two facts separate a DWP problem from a bank problem, and each has a different next step, set out in PIP Payment Late or Missing. A new award follows its own opening sequence before the 28-day rhythm starts, covered in Your First PIP Payment.

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Check Your Own Calendar

The checker above works from one date you already have. Two pages carry the rest:

  • The published calendar for the current benefit year is on the PIP Payment Dates 2026/27 page.
  • The rule for early payments, with the dates it applies to, is set out on the bank holidays page.