Selected Rates
| Basic Retirement Pension | £ |
| - Single person | 90.70 |
| - Couple | 145.05 |
| Pension Credit | |
| Standard Minimum Guarantee | |
| - Single person | 124.05 |
| - Couple | 189.35 |
| Child Benefit | |
| - First eligible child | 18.80 |
| - Each subsequent child | 12.55 |
| Statutory Pay qualification - | |
| average weekly earnings (AWE) £90 or over. | |
| Sick (SSP) | |
| The standard rate is £75.40 per week for up to 28 weeks | |
| Maternity (SMP): Adoption (SAP) and Paternity (SPP) | |
| Paid at the lower of £117.18 or 90% of AWE apart from first 6 weeks of SMP which is paid at 90% AWE. SMP and SAP are payable for up to 39 weeks. SPP is payable for up to 2 weeks. |
| Jobseekers Allowance | |
| - Single person | 60.50 |
| - Couple | 94.95 |
| National Minimum Wage | |||
| Age | Over 21 | 18-21 | 16 and 17 |
| From 1 October 2007 | £5.52ph | £4.60ph | £3.40ph |
| From 1 October 2008 | £5.73ph | £4.77ph | £3.53ph |
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