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Main Social Security Benefits
Weekly benefit |
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2011/12 |
2010/11 |
| Basic retirement pension |
- single person |
£102.15 |
£97.65 |
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- married couple |
£163.35 |
£156.15 |
| Statutory pay rates - average weekly earnings £102 (£97) or over |
| Statutory Sick Pay |
£81.60 |
£79.15 |
| Statutory Maternity Pay |
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| - First six weeks |
90% of weekly earnings |
| - Next 33 weeks |
£128.73* |
£124.88* |
| Statutory Paternity Pay - two weeks |
£128.73* |
£124.88* |
| Statutory Adoption Pay - 39 weeks |
£128.73* |
£124.88* |
| * Or 90% of weekly earnings if lower. |
Additional Paternity Pay and Leave may be available for a child due or adoptions matched on or after 3 April 2011.
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