Some Useful Rates

		Weekly Benefit
		2009/10	2008/09
Basic Retirement Pension
Single person		£95.25	£90.70
Couple		£152.30	£145.05
Child Benefit
First eligible child		£20.00	£18.80
Each subsequent child		£13.20	£12.55
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Average weekly earnings £95 or over (2008/09 £90)		£79.15	£75.40
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
90% of average weekly pay		First 6 weeks	First 6 weeks
Maximum £123.06 (2008/09 £117.18). Minimum 90% average weekly pay		Next 33 weeks	Next 33 weeks
Mimimum rate		£85.50	£81
Adoption Pay (SAP)		39 weeks	39 weeks
Paternity Pay (SPP)		2 weeks	2 weeks
Both SAP and SPP
90% of average weekly pay		Max £123.06 Min £85.50	Max £117.18 Min £81
Example rates:
Jobseekers Allowance
Single person		£64.30	£60.50
Couple		£100.95	£94.95
National Minimum Wage		From 1 October 2009	From 1 October 2008
	Over 21	TBA	£5.73 p.h.
	18 - 21	TBA	£4.77 p.h.
	16 and 17	TBA	£3.53 p.h.