§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total number of people who have been paying the self-employed national insurance contribution during each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. ScottThe United Kingdom figures of the number of individuals who paid class 2 (self-employed) national insurance contributions between April 1978 and April 1988 are set out in the table.
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Number1 (thousands) Number2 (thousands) 1978–79 1,314 214 1979–80 1,376 232 1980–81 1,450 211 1981–82 1,479 218 1982–83 1,526 240 1983–84 1,594 251
Number1 (thousands) Number2 (thousands) 1984–85 1,663 251 1985–86 1,732 261 1986–87 1,850 295 1987–88 1,959 336 1 Who paid only Class 2 contributions during this year. 2 Who paid a mixture of Class 2 and Class 1 contributions during the year.