payment from DWP

mellc wrote:

Hi, does anyone know how long it takes from when the DWP (the DLA in my case)release a payment to when it is in your bank account?

many thanks

The actual transfer process will take at least one work day, but it then depends on how frequently the DWP run the system that initiates it in the first place.

Most benefits are only rum weekly (maybe even fortnightly), so if they miss the run, you would have to wait for the next one.

Based on my own experience, ad hoc or part week payments seem to be delayed even further, probably because of the authorisation they have to go through.

Gordon

mellc wrote:

that sounds complicated, you would think they would just use BACS like everyone else, but i guess payments aren't so easy to recall then if they are rejected. thanks for the info

They do use BACS, but using this service for individual transfers is relatively expensive, so they batch all the DLA, ESA, etc together, put them on a tape, and do them all at once.

Gordon