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Basic Retirement Pension
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– Single persion
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£122.30
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– Couple
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£195.60
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Pension Credit
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Standard Minimum Guarantee
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– Single persion
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£159.35
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– Couple
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£243.25
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New State Pension
Child Benefit
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£159.55
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– First eligible child
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£20.70
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– Each subsequent child
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£13.70
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Statutory Pay qualification – average weekly earnings (AWE) £113 or over.
Sick (SSP) The standard rate is £89.35 per week for up to 28 weeks.
Maternity (SMP), Adoption (SAP) and Paternity (SPP) paid at the lower of £140.98 or 90% of AWE apart from first 6 weeks of SMP which is paid at 90% of AWE. SMP and SAP are payable for up to 39 weeks. SPP is payable up to 2 weeks.
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Jobseekers Allowance
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– Single person (25 or over)
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£73.10
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– Couple (Both 18 or over)
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£114.85
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Universal Credit (monthly rates) -standard allowance for a single person (25 or over) is £317.82. The couple's rate (where one or both are 25 or over) is £498.89. The new Universal Credit is being phased in gradually.
National Living Wage Workers aged 25 and over – £7.50 from April 2017.
National Minimum Wage
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Age
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21-24
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18-20
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16 and 17
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Apprentices*
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From 1 October 2016
From 1 April 2017
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£6.95
£7.05
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£5.55
£5.60
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£4.00
£4.05
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£3.40
£3.50
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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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