§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list those agencies in his Department which are being considered for privatisation or contractorisation.
§ Miss WiddecombePrivatisation and contractorisation of the Department's agencies are considered as part of each agency's three-year review. Where appropriate, an announcement will be made.
(£ billion) Contribution income1 June 1992 price3 Percentage of Exchequer income Employers NICS Employees2 NICs Employers' NICs Employees' NICs Employers' NICs Employees' NICs 1982–83 12.02 9.20 20.39 15.61 9.77 7.48 1983–84 12.45 10.53 20.19 17.07 9.84 8.32 1984–85 12.20 11.29 18.83 17.42 8.87 8.20 1985–86 12.53 12.11 18.34 17.72 8.38 8.10 1986–87 13.82 12.79 19.59 18.13 8.69 8.04 1987–88 15.33 14.13 20.60 18.99 9.03 8.32 1988–89 17.28 15.65 21.65 19.61 9.22 8.35 1989–90 18.50 14.74 21.77 17.34 9.06 8.22 1990–91 20.55 14.86 22.77 16.47 9.50 6.87 1991–924 21.66 15.33 22.46 15.89 9.88 6.99 1 Includes national insurance surcharge in the period to 1984–85. 2 Includes national insurance contributions by self-employed for which separate data are only available from 1986–87. 3 Treasury estimate of GDP deflator in the second quarter of 1992 used to convert current price to constant June 1992 prices. 4 Estimate.