Some Useful Rates
| Weekly Benefit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 2016/17 | ||
| Basic Retirement Pension | |||
| Single person | £122.30 | £119.30 | |
| Couple | £195.60 | £190.80 | |
| Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee | |||
| Single person | £159.35 | £155.60 | |
| Couple | £243.25 | £237.55 | |
| New State Pension | |||
| £159.55 | £155.65 | ||
| Child Benefit | |||
| First eligible child | £20.70 | £20.70 | |
| Each subsequent child | £13.70 | £13.70 | |
| Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) | |||
| Average weekly earnings £113 or over (2016/17 £112) | £89.35 | £88.45 | |
| Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) | |||
| 90% of average weekly pay | First 6 weeks | First 6 weeks | |
| Lower of £140.98 (2016/17 £139.58) or 90% average weekly earnings | Next 33 weeks | Next 33 weeks | |
| Minimum rate | £101.70 | £100.80 | |
| Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) | 39 weeks | 39 weeks | |
| Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)* | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | |
| Shared Parental Pay | Up to 37 weeks, depending on mother's unused SMP period | Up to 37 weeks, depending on mother's unused SMP period | |
| SAP, SPP and Shared Parental Pay | |||
| Lower of £140.98 (2016/17 £139.58) or 90% average weekly earnings | |||
| Minimum rate | £101.70 | £100.80 | |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | |||
| Single person (25 or over) | £73.10 | £73.10 | |
| Couple (both 18 or over) | £114.85 | £114.85 | |
| National Living Wage | From 1 April 2017 | From 1 April 2016 | |
| Age 25 and over | £7.50 | £7.20 | |
| National Minimum Wage | From 1 April 2017 | From 1 Oct 2016 | |
| 21 - 24 | £7.05 | £6.95 | |
| 18 - 20 | £5.60 | £5.55 | |
| 16 and 17 | £4.05 | £4.00 | |
| Apprentices* | £3.50 | £3.40 | |
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*Rate applies to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship. |
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| Universal Credit (monthly rates) | |||
| Single person (25 or over) | £317.82 | £317.82 | |
| Couple (where one or both 25 or over) | £498.89 | £498.89 | |