The rates from 1 October 2008 will be:

adults (which means people aged 22 and over), £5.73 an hour

workers aged 18-21, £4.77 an hour - the 'development rate'

young people (those older than school leaving age and younger than 18; you're under school leaving age until the end of summer term of the school year in which you turn 16), £3.53 an hour

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