The government has published the Benefit and Pension Rates 2025 to 2026, setting out the following planned increases to statutory payments from April 2025.
Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Parental Bereavement Pay
From April 2025, Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, and Statutory Bereavement Pay all increase from £184.03 to £187.18 per week.
Statutory Sick Pay
From April 2025, Statutory Sick Pay will increase from £116.75 to £118.75.
The employee lower earnings limit remains for eligibility for the above statutory payments remains increases from £123 to £125 per week from April 2025.
Benefit and pension rates 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK