§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to the reply of 27 July 1981, Official Report, c. 343–44, to the hon. Member for Grimsby, concerning national insurance charges and average earnings, whether he will bring the table up to date 51W and indicate where appropriate the amount of selective employment tax and national insurance surcharge, respectively.
Month/Year Average earnings* Contribution† of employee with average earnings Employer's contributiont for employee with average earnings Set element NI surcharge element NI contribution NHS element NI contribution NHS element (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) £ per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. July 1961 15.14 5.20 0.89 4.49 0.2 — — October 1962 15.86 4.90 0.85 4.28 0.2 — — June 1963 16.53 5.50 0.82 4.90 0.2 — — October 1964 18.11 5.30 0.75 4.75 0.2 — — March 1965 18.69 5.70 0.72 5.51 0.2 — — October 1966 20.30 5.50 0.67 11.58 0.1 6.16 — October 1967 21.37 5.80 0.63 11.70 0.1 5.85 — May 1968 22.53 5.70 0.70 11.19 0.1 5.55 — November 1969 25.00 6.20 0.63 15.88 0.1 9.60 — October 1970 28.05 5.90 0.56 14.69 0.3 8.56 — September 1971 30.70 6.00 0.52 10.16 0.3 3.91 — October 1972 35.82 6.00 0.44 9.80 0.2 3.35 — October 1973 40.92 5.90 0.39 6.75 0.2 — — August 1974 47.23 6.10 0.33 8.13 0.2 — — April 1975 54.19 5.50 0.40 8.50 0.6 — — April 1976 63.20 5.75 0.40 8.75 0.6 — — April 1977 69.86 5.75 0.40 10.75 0.6 — 2.0 April 1978 79.07 6.50 0.40 2.0 0.6 — 2.0 April 1979 89.08 6.50 0.40 13.50 0.6 — 3.5 April 1980 106.19 6.75 0.40 13.70 0.6 — 3.5 April 1981 118.32 7.75 0.65 13.70 0.6 — 3.5 April 1982 133.80 8.75 0.75 13.70 0.6 — 3.5 August 1982 138.30 8.75 0.75 12.20 0.6 — 2.0 December 1982 141.90 8.75 0.75 12.20 0.6 — 2.0 * Average weekly earnings of full-time adult male manual workers. † The not contracted-out contribution for men. Note: In each case figures for NI contributions include NHS, SET and NI Surcharge elements as applicable.