Some Useful Rates

		Weekly Benefit
		2012/13	2011/12
Basic Retirement Pension
Single person		£107.45	£102.15
Couple		£171.85	£163.35
Child Benefit
First eligible child		£20.30	£20.30
Each subsequent child		£13.40	£13.40
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Average weekly earnings £107 or over (2011/12 £102)		£85.85	£81.60
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
90% of average weekly pay		First 6 weeks	First 6 weeks
Maximum £124.88 (2009/10 £123.06). Minimum 90% average weekly pay		Next 33 weeks	Next 33 weeks
Minimum rate		£96.30	£85.85
Adoption Pay (SAP)		39 weeks	39 weeks
Paternity Pay (SPP)*		2 weeks	2 weeks
Both SAP and SPP
90% of average weekly pay		Max £135.45 Min £96.30	Max £128.73 Min £91.80
Example rates:
Jobseekers Allowance
Single person		£71.00	£67.50
Couple		£111.45	£105.95
National Minimum Wage		From 1 October 2012
	22 and over**	£6.19p.h.
	18 - 21**	£4.98p.h.
	16 and 17	£3.98p.h.
** Those aged 21 and over are included in the main adult rate from 1 October 2010. Apprentice rate of £2.75 also introduced from this date, applying to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship.