National Insurance (Hansard, 12 July 1979)

§ Mr. Michael Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the total amount of national insurance benefits claimed in each of the last five years for which figures are available by self-employed people; and what is the total amount of class 2 and the total amount of class 4 contributions paid in each of these years;
(2) what is the total amount of benefit claimed in each of the last five years for which figures are available by persons paying class 3 national insurance contributions; and what is the total amount of class 3 contributions paid in each of these years;
(3) what is the total amount of national insurance benefits claimed in each of the last five years for which figures are available by employed people; and what is the total amount of class 1 contributions paid by employees and the total amount of class 1 contributions paid by employers in each of these years.

§ Mrs. Chalker
Information as to the total amount of national insurance benefit claimed by people paying particular classes of contributions is not available. The total amounts of contributions paid to the national insurance fund in the last five years for which figures are available is as follows:
intends to review the national insurance position of the self-employed.
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§ Mr. Prentice
We shall make an announcement as soon as we have settled how the review is to be carried out.

§ Mr. Michael Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the director of a small company who pays class 1 national insurance contributions both as employer and employee is entitled to the full range of health and social security benefits.

§ Mrs. Chalker
Yes. Class 1 contributions payable in respect of a company director (by virtue of his position as an office holder and his receipt of emoluments chargeable to income tax under schedule E) give cover for the full range

Million

Calendar years Tax years

1972^* 1973^* 1974^* 1975–76 1976–77

Class 1 … … … 18.39 18.24 18.10 18.89† 18.80†

Class 2 … … … 1.61 1.62 1.66 1.28‡ 1.28‡

Class 3 … … … 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.10§ 0.08§

Class 4|| … … 0.95 1.05

^* The figures show the average number of persons for whom flat-rate contributions were paid or credited.

† Includes those who also paid contributions of other classes and excludes those for whom secondary class 1 contributions only were paid and women with reduced contribution liability.

‡ Excludes those who also paid class 1 contributions.

§ Relate to those who paid class 3 contributions only.

|| Class 4 contribution liability first arose for the 1975–76 year.

Million
					Calendar years		Tax years
				1972^*	1973^*	1974^*	1975–76	1976–77
Class 1	…	…	…	18.39	18.24	18.10	18.89†	18.80†
Class 2	…	…	…	1.61	1.62	1.66	1.28‡	1.28‡
Class 3	…	…	…	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.10§	0.08§
Class 4\|\|	…	…				0.95	1.05
^* The figures show the average number of persons for whom flat-rate contributions were paid or credited.
† Includes those who also paid contributions of other classes and excludes those for whom secondary class 1 contributions only were paid and women with reduced contribution liability.
‡ Excludes those who also paid class 1 contributions.
§ Relate to those who paid class 3 contributions only.
\|\| Class 4 contribution liability first arose for the 1975–76 year.