Dates of annual benefit rate changes: 2025/26
The date on which the annual uprating of benefit occurs depends on the benefit claimed. This table lists of the dates from which the 2025/26 benefit rates apply.
Dates from which the 2025/26 benefit uprating applies
| Benefit (in alphabetical order) | Date from which annual uprating applies | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adult disability payment (Scotland) | 7 April 2025 | |
| Attendance allowance | 7 April 2025 | |
| Bereavement support payment | 7 April 2025 | |
| Carer’s allowance and, in Scotland, carer’s allowance supplement | 7 April 2025, unless paid on a Wednesday when the increase takes effect on 9 April 2025 | |
| Carer support payment (Scotland) | 6 April 2025 | |
| Child benefit | 7 April 2025 | |
| Child disability payment (Scotland) | 7 April 2025 | |
| Disability living allowance | 7 April 2025 | |
| Employment and support allowance (income-related and contributory) | From the start of your first benefit week which begins on or after 7 April 2025. | ‘Benefit week’ is defined in reg 2 ESA Regulations 2008 and reg 2 ESA Regulations 2013. |
| Guardian’s allowance | 7 April 2025 | |
| Housing benefit | 7 April 2025 if rent is payable weekly or a multiple of a week. Otherwise, 1 April 2025 | |
| Industrial injuries benefits (disablement benefit and retirement allowance) | 9 April 2025 | |
| Jobseeker’s allowance | From the start of your first benefit week which begins on or after 7 April 2025. | ‘Benefit week’ is defined in reg 2 JSA Regulations 2013 |
| Maternity allowance | 7 April 2025 | |
| Pension Age Disability Payment (Scotland) | 7 April 2025 | |
| Pension credit | From the start of your first benefit week which begins on or after 7 April 2025. | ‘Benefit week’ is defined in reg 1 State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 |
| Personal independence payment | 7 April 2025 | |
| Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance | 7 April 2025 | |
| Scottish child payment | 1 April 2025 | |
| State pension | 7 April 2025 | |
| Statutory adoption pay | 6 April 2025 | |
| Statutory maternity pay | 6 April 2025 | |
| Statutory neonatal care pay | 6 April 2025 | |
| Statutory parental bereavement pay | 6 April 2025 | |
| Statutory paternity pay | 6 April 2025 | |
| Statutory shared parental pay | 6 April 2025 | |
| Statutory sick pay | 6 April 2025 | |
| Universal credit | From the start of your first assessment period which begins on or after 7 April 2025 | If you get UC, the annual uprating of certain other benefits is only taken into account when calculating your unearned income for UC from the start of your first assessment period which begins on or after 7 April 2025, see art 1(4) of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 (SI 2025 No. 295) for details. |
| Widowed parent’s allowance | 7 April 2025 | |
| Widow’s pension | 7 April 2025 | |
| Young carer grant (Scotland) | 1 April 2025 |