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 | |||
| Age |
Over 21
|
18-21
|
16 and 17
|
| From 1 October 2007 |
£5.52 p.h
|
£4.60 p.h.
|
£3.40 p.h
|
| From 1 October 2008 |
£5.73 p.h
|
£4.77 p.h.
|
£3.53 p.h.
|
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