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5.2.1 Unemployment, sickness benefit & youth related payments - historical rates

Introduction

This section contains historical rates of payment for unemployment and sickness benefit. It also contains historical youth related payment rates and National Training Wage schedule rates (used to measure whether a young person can be classified as being self-supporting through paid employment).

Last reviewed: 3 January 2023