The maximum federal payment would be $1,000, for a person with drug expenses of $2,000 or more in 2003.

The maximum payment would rise to $2,500 in 2009, for a person with expenses of $5,000 or more.

The base commission rate was cut to 8 percent with a maximum payment of $50 each round trip and $25 one way.

The maximum payment is five days in any three months.

For furniture and other household property, the maximum payment is $50,000.

The union wants to keep the teachers' maximum payment at $250.

The industry set the maximum payment for the third year at $1,850.

The maximum federal payment would start at $1,000 a year in 2003 and rise to $2,500 in 2009.

That would reduce the maximum payment for a family of three, now $694 a month, to $633, the level prevailing in early 1988.

The maximum payment is a year's salary - £64,766 after the last election.