The government has announced the proposed weekly rates for Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Sick Pay from April 2018:
SMP, SAP, SPP and SSPP will increase from £140.98 to £145.18
SSP will increase from £89.35 to £92.05.
The revised rates are subject to parliamentary approval.