Some Useful Rates
| Weekly Benefit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 2014/15 | ||
| Basic Retirement Pension | |||
| Single person | £115.95 | £113.10 | |
| Couple | £185.45 | £180.90 | |
| Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee | |||
| Single person | £151.20 | £148.35 | |
| Couple | £230.85 | £226.50 | |
| Child Benefit | |||
| First eligible child | £20.70 | £20.50 | |
| Each subsequent child | £13.70 | £13.55 | |
| Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) | |||
| Average weekly earnings £112 or over (2014/15 £111) | £88.45 | £87.55 | |
| Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) | |||
| 90% of average weekly pay | First 6 weeks | First 6 weeks | |
| Lower of £139.58 (2014/15 £138.18) or 90% average weekly earnings | |||
| Minimum rate | £100.80 | £99.90 | |
| Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) | 39 weeks | 39 weeks | |
| Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)* | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | |
| Both SAP and SPP | |||
| Lower of £139.58 (2014/15 £138.18) or 90% average weekly earnings | |||
| Minimum rate | £100.80 | £99.90 | |
| *Additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP) has been replaced by shared parental leave. | |||
| Jobseeker's Allowance | |||
| Single person (25 or over) | £73.10 | £72.40 | |
| Couple (both 18 or over) | £114.85 | £113.70 | |
| National Minimum Wage | From 1 October 2015 | From 1 October 2014 | |
| 21 and over | £6.70 | £6.50 | |
| 18 - 20 | £5.30 | £5.13 | |
| 16 and 17 | £3.87 | £3.79 | |
| Apprentices* | £3.30 | £2.73 | |
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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 Credt (monthly rates) | |||
| Single person (25 or over) | £317.82 | £314.67 | |
| Couple (where one or both 25 or over) | £498.89 | £493.95 | |