Check your benefits and State Pension payments
Use this service to check your next and recent payments for:
- Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - all types
- Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) - all types
- Pension Credit
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- State Pension
You can check:
- when you’ll receive your next payment and how much it will be
- the payments you’ve received in the last 3 months
To check your Universal Credit payments, sign in to your Universal Credit account.
To check payments of any other benefit, contact the benefit team directly.
Before you start
If you’ve moved address and have not told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), you need to report it as a change of circumstances before using this service.
You’ll need a GOV.UK One Login to use this service. You’ll be able to create a GOV.UK One Login if you do not already have one.
You’ll be told when you sign in if you need to prove your identity. This is to keep your details safe and normally involves using photo ID like a passport or driving licence.
Who cannot use this service
You cannot use this service if:
- you’re an appointee or manage somebody else’s benefits or State Pension
- you live outside of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
You need to contact the benefit or State Pension team directly:
- Universal Credit - contact the Universal Credit helpline
- Attendance Allowance - contact the Attendance Allowance helpline at the Disability Service Centre
- Disability Living Allowance - contact the DLA helpline at the Disability Service Centre
- State Pension - contact the Pension Service
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - contact the PIP helpline at the Disability Service Centre
- all other benefits - contact Jobcentre Plus