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Some useful rates

Weekly Benefit	2018/19	2017/18
Basic Retirement Pension
Single person	£125.95	£122.30
Couple	£201.45	£195.60
Pension Credit standard minimum guarantee
Single person	£163.00	£159.35
Couple	£248.00	£243.25
New State Pension
Single person	£164.35	£159.55
Child Benefit
First eligible child	£20.70	£20.70
Each subsequent child Generally no additional amount for more than two children, unless born before 6 April 2017	£13.70	£13.70
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Average weekly earnings £116 or over (2017/18 £113)	£92.05	£89.35
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)	First 6 weeks
Lower of £145.18 (2017/18 £140.98) or 90% average weekly earnings	Next 33 weeks
Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)
Lower of £145.18 (2017/18 £140.98) or 90% average weekly earnings	2 weeks
Shared Parental Pay (ShPP)
Lower of £145.18 (2017/18 £140.98) or 90% average weekly earnings	Payable for up to the balance of the untaken SMP period.
Jobseeker's Allowance
Single person (25 or over)	£73.10	£73.10
Couple (both 18 or over)	£114.85	£114.85

National Living Wage

Age	From 1 April 2018	From 1 April 2017
25 and over	£7.83	£7.50

National Minimum Wage

Age	From 1 April 2018	From 1 April 2017
21 - 24	£7.38	£7.05
18 - 20	£5.90	£5.60
16 and 17	£4.20	£4.05
Apprentices*	£3.70	£3.50

* Rate applies to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship.

Universal Credit (monthly rates)	2018/19	2017/18
Single person (25 or over)	£317.82	£317.82
Couple (where one or both 25 or over)	£498.89	£498.89