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	£79.15

Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
90% of average weekly pay	First 6 weeks	First 6 weeks
Maximum £135.45 (2011/12 £128.73). Minimum 90% average weekly pay	Next 33 weeks	Next 33 weeks
Minimum rate	£96.30	£91.80

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 £135.45	Max £128.73
	Min £96.30	Min £91.80

Jobseekers Allowance
Single person	£71.00	£67.50
Couple	£111.45	£105.95

National Minimum Wage**	From 1 October 2012	From 1 October 2011
21 and over	£6.19 p.h	£6.08 p.h.
18 - 20	£4.98 p.h.	£4.98 p.h.
16 and 17	£3.68 p.h.	£3.68 p.h.
Apprentices**	£2.65 p.h.	£2.60 p.h.
* Additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP) may be available on or after 3 April 2011.
**Rate applies to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship