Some Useful Rates

		Weekly Benefit
		2013/14	2012/13
Basic Retirement Pension
Single person		£110.15	£107.45
Couple		£176.15	£171.85
Child Benefit
First eligible child		£20.30	£20.30
Each subsequent child		£13.40	£13.40
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Average weekly earnings £109 or over (2012/13 £107)		£86.70	£85.85
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
90% of average weekly pay		First 6 weeks	First 6 weeks
Lower of £136.78 (2012/13 £135.45) or 90% average weekly earnings		Next 33 weeks	Next 33 weeks
Minimum rate		£98.10	£96.30
Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)		39 weeks	39 weeks
Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)*		2 weeks	2 weeks
Both SAP and SPP
Lower of £136.78 (2012/13 £135.45) or 90% average weekly earnings
Minimum rate		£98.10	£96.30
*Additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP) may be available in certain circumstances
Jobseekers Allowance
Single person		£71.70	£71.00
Couple		£112.55	£111.45
National Minimum Wage**		From 1 October 2013	From 1 October 2012
	21 and over	£6.31	£6.19
	18 - 20	£5.03	£4.98
	16 and 17	£3.72	£3.68
	Apprentices **	£2.68	£2.65
** Rate applies to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of appenticeship.

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