# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026, Article 10: Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay

Extent: N.I.

(1) In the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 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 (Northern Ireland) 2015 (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) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (weekly rate of payment) for “£187.18” substitute “£194.32”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/59/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2026/article-10
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