Main Social Security Benefits

Weekly benefit		2014/15	2013/14
Basic retirement pension	– single person	£113.10	£110.15
	– married couple	£180.90	£176.15
Statutory pay rates – average weekly earnings £111 (£109) or over
Statutory Sick Pay		£87.55	£86.70
Statutory Maternity Pay
– First six weeks		90% of weekly earnings
– Next 33 weeks		£138.18*	£136.78*
Statutory Paternity Pay – two weeks		£138.18*	£136.78*
Statutory Adoption Pay – 39 weeks		£138.18*	£136.78*
* 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.

Main Social Security Benefits 2014/15