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. | |||