Maximum £124.88 (2009/10 £123.06). Minimum 90% average weekly pay
Next 33 weeks
Next 33 weeks
Minimum rate
£87.30
£85.50
Adoption Pay (SAP)
39 weeks
39 weeks
Paternity Pay (SPP)*
2 weeks
2 weeks
Both SAP and SPP
90% of average weekly pay
Max £124.88 Min £87.30
Max £123.06 Min £85.50
Example rates:
Jobseekers Allowance
Single person
£65.45
£64.30
Couple
£102.75
£100.95
National Minimum Wage
From 1 October 2010
From 1 October 2009
22 and over**
£5.93
£5.80 p.h.
18 - 21**
£4.92
£4.83 p.h.
16 and 17
£3.64
£3.57 p.h.
* Additional statutory paternity pay (ASPP) may be available on or after 3 April 2011.
** Those aged 21 and over are included in the main adult rate from 1 October 2010. Apprentice rate of £2.50 also introduced from this date, applying to apprentices under 19, or those 19 and over in the first year of apprenticeship.
