# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026, Article 10: Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay, Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Statutory Neonatal Care Pay


(1) In the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2002—
(a) in regulation 2(a) (weekly rate of payment of statutory paternity pay) for “£187.18” substitute “£194.32; and
(b) in regulation 3(a) (weekly rate of payment of statutory adoption pay) for “£187.18” substitute “£194.32”.
(2) In regulation 40(1)(a) of the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014 (weekly rate of payment of statutory shared parental pay) for “£187.18” substitute “£194.32”.
(3) In regulation 20(1)(a) of the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020 (weekly rate of payment) for “£187.18” substitute “£194.32”.
(4) In regulation 25(1)(a) of the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 (weekly rate of payment) for “£187.18” substitute “£194.32”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278378/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2026/article-10
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