§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) why, if no records are to be maintained by her Department of the income of individual self-employed people, those in this category who are also employed are required to notify her Department of their income for the current year and an estimate for next year if they are to avoid overpaying the new social security tax;
(2) who has access to the details of self-employed people's incomes which they are required to send to her Department in Newcastle if they are also employed and seek to avoid overpaying the new social security tax; and whether those with access to the information are under the same obligation of secrecy as employees of the Inland Revenue;
(3) for how long her Department intends to maintain the forms containing details of self-employed persons' incomes required to be sent to Newcastle; and whether she will undertake that no entries of income will be made thereupon in her Department's records and that the forms 85W will be destroyed as secret as soon as possible.
§ Mr. O'Malley:I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.