HC Deb 16 January 1974 vol 867 cc114-7W
Mr. Robert Cooke

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list all the denominations of national insurance stamps which have been in use at any time during the last 10 years, together with the length of validity of each denomination and the reason for all changes made ; and whether he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Dean

There are 35 denominations of national insurance stamps and a

DENOMINATIONS OF NATIONAL INSURANCE STAMPS (MAIN RATES)
Rates and Operative Dates
Insured Person 3rd June 1963 29th March 1965 6th December 1965
s. d. s. d. s. d.
Employed man 18–70 not retired … … 21 4 26 7 27 0
Employed man 18–70 not retired (contracted out) … … 26 2 31 5 31 10
Employed woman 18–65 not retired … … 18 0 22 7 22 9
Employed woman 18–65 not retired (contracted out) … … 21 0 25 7 25 9
Self-employed man … … 16 2 18 8 No change
Self-employed woman … … 13 2 15 4 No change
Non-employed man … … 13 0 14 11 No change
Non-employed woman … … 10 0 11 7 No change
Reason for change … … Benefit uprating Benefit uprating Introduction of Redundancy Fund contribution

Insured Person 5th September 1966 6th February 1967 30th October 1967
s. d. s. d. s. d.
Employed man 18–70 not retired … … 52 0 52 5 56 8
Employed man 18–70 not retired (contracted out) … … 56 10 57 3 61 6
Employed woman 18–65 not retired … … 35 3 35 6 39 3
Employed woman 18–65 not retired (contracted out) … … 38 3 38 6 42 3
Self-employed man … … No change No change 21 0
Self-employed woman … … No change No change 17 3
Non-employed man … … No change No change 16 7
Non-employed woman … … No change No change 12 11
Reason for change … … Introduction of SET Increase in Redundancy Fund contribution Benefit uprating

Insured Person 6th May 1968 2nd September 1968 7th Julv 1969
s. d. s. d. s. d.
Employed man 18–70 not retired … … 58 2 71 1 81 7
Employed man 18–70 not retired (contracted out) … … 63 0 75 11 86 5
Employed woman 18–65 not retired … … 40 7 47 0 52 3
Employed woman 18–65 not refired (contracted out) … … 43 7 50 0 55 3
Self-employed man … … 22 2 No change No change
Self-employed woman … … 18 4 No change No change
Non-employed man … … 17 7 No change No change
Non-employed woman … … 13 10 No change No change
Reason for change … … Increase in National Health Service contribution and adjustment to NI contribution Increase in SET Increase in SET

full table as requested by my hon. Friend would result in over 400 changes being shown. A table showing changes in the eight main rates is as follows:

Insured Person 3rd november 1969 6th July 1970 15th February 1971
s. d. s. d. £
Employed man 18–70 not retired … … 83 7 84 7 4.23
Employed man 18–70 not retired (contracted out) … … 88 5 89 5 4.47
Employed woman 18–65 not retired … … 54 1 55 1 2.75
Employed woman 18–65 not retired (contracted out) … … 57 1 58 1 2.91
Self-employed man … … 24 10 No change 1.24
Self-employed woman … … 20 8 No change 1.03
Non-employed man … … 19 9 No change 0.99
Non-employed woman … … 15 8 No change 0.78
Reason for change … … Benefit uprating Increase in employer's National Health Service contribution Decimalisation

Insured Person 5th July 1971 20th September 1971 2nd October 1972
£ £ £
Employed man 18–70 not retired … … 3.03 No change 3.13
Employed man 18–70 not retired (contracted out) … … 3.27 No change 3.37
Employed woman 18–65 not retired … … 2.15 No change 2.24
Employed woman 18–65 not retired (contracted out) … … 2.31 No change 2.40
Self-employed man … … No change 1.50 1.68
Self-employed woman … … No change 1.25 1.40
Non-employed man … … No change 1.20 1.33
Non-employed woman … … No change 0.94 1.04
Reason for change … … Reduction in SET Benefit uprating Benefit uprating

Insured Person 2nd April 1973 1st October 1973
£ £
Employed man 18–70 not retired … … 1.93 2.03
Employed man 18–70 not retired (contracted out) … … 2.17 2.27
Employed woman 18–65 not retired … … 1.64 1.72
Employed woman 18–65 not retired (contracted out) … … 1.80 1.88
Self-employed man … … No change 1.93
Self-employed woman … … No change 1.61
Non-employed man … … No change 1.52
Non-employed woman … … No change 1.19
Reason for change … … Abolition of SET Benefit uprating

Mr. Wiggin

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are currently stamping their insurance cards at the employed rate, how

Employed Persons
Paying full contribution Employee paying industrial injuries contribution only (Employer paying full contribution) Employer and employee paying industrial injuries contribution only Self-employed Persons
Men … 14,400,000 200,000 150,000 1,500,000
Women … 4,000,000 4,000,000 900,000 80,000

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