Subject to paragraphs (3) to (7), employment and support allowance is to be paid fortnightly in arrears on the day of the week determined in accordance with paragraph (2).

The day specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the day in column (2) which corresponds to the series of numbers in column (1) which includes the last 2 digits of the claimant's national insurance number—

The Secretary of State may, in any particular case or class of case, arrange that the claimant be paid otherwise than fortnightly.

The Secretary of State may, in any particular case or class of case, arrange that employment and support allowance be paid on any day of the week and where it is in payment to any person and the day on which it is payable is changed, it must be paid at a daily rate of 1/7th of the weekly rate in respect of any of the days for which payment would have been made but for that change.

Where the weekly amount of employment and support allowance is less than £1.00 it may be paid in arrears at intervals of not more than 13 weeks.

Where the weekly amount of an employment and support allowance is less than 10 pence that allowance is not payable.

The provisions of paragraph 2A of Schedule 7 (payment of income support at time of office closure) apply for the purposes of payment of employment and support allowance as they apply for the purposes of payment of income support.