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Selected Rates

Basic Retirement Pension £
- Single person 102.15
- Couple 1563.35
Pension Credit  
Standard Minimum Guarantee  
- Single person 137.35
- Couple 209.70
Child Benefit  
- First eligible child 20.00
- Each subsequent child 13.40

   

Statutory Pay qualification -  
average weekly earnings (AWE) £102 or over.  
   
Sick (SSP)    
The standard rate is £81.60 per week for up to 28 weeks  
   
Maternity (SMP): Adoption (SAP) and Paternity (SPP)  
Paid at the lower of £128.73 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 £67.50
- Couple £105.95

 

National Minimum Wage      
Age Over 21 18-21 16 and 17
   From 1 October 2010 £5.93ph £4.92ph £3.64ph
         

Apprentice rate fo £2.50 applies to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship.