Some Useful Rates

		Weekly Benefit
		2011/12	2010/11
Basic Retirement Pension
Single person		£102.15	£97.65
Couple		£163.35	£156.15
Child Benefit
First eligible child		£20.30	£20.30
Each subsequent child		£13.40	£13.40
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Average weekly earnings £102 or over (2010/11 £97)		£81.60	£79.15
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
90% of average weekly pay		First 6 weeks	First 6 weeks
Maximum £128.73 (2010/11 £124.88). Minimum 90% average weekly pay		Next 33 weeks	Next 33 weeks
Minimum rate		£91.80	£87.30
Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)		39 weeks	39 weeks
Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)*		2 weeks	2 weeks
Both SAP and SPP
90% of average weekly pay		Max £128.73 Min £91.80	Max £124.88 Min £87.30

Jobseekers Allowance
Single person		£67.50	£65.45
Couple		£105.95	£102.75
National Minimum Wage**		From 1 October 2011	From 1 October 2010
	21 and over	TBA	£5.93 p.h.
	18 - 20	TBA	£4.92 p.h.
	16 and 17	TBA	£3.64 p.h.
* Additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP) may be available on or after 3 April 2011. **Apprentice rate of £2.50 applies to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship.

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