§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are his Department's estimates of the effects on the National Insurance Fund of average unemployment levels in 1978–79 of 1,300,000, 1,400,000, 1,600,000 and 1,700,000, respectively.
§ Mr. OrmeThe financial effect on the National Insurance Fund of varying the unemployment assumptions used in the Government Actuary's report on the Social Security (Contributions, Re-rating) (No. 2) Order 1977 (Cmnd. 7036) would be as follows:
(Excluding School Leavers) £ million Cmnd. 7036 1,470,000 — 1,300,000 + 230 1,400,000 +95 1,600,000 -175 1,700,000 -310