You can be paid Statutory Adoption Pay for up to 39 weeks and you will receive either a flat rate per week, or 90% of your average earnings if these are less than the flat rate per week.
You are entitled to receive adoption pay continuously for a maximum of 39 weeks. If you are paid weekly, then your adoption pay will be paid to you weekly. If you are usually paid your wages monthly, then your SAP will be paid monthly.
The flat rate tends to increase slightly every new tax year. For the tax year 2011/12 it is £128.73.
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