Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his yield from employers class 1A national insurance contributions on(a) company cars and (b) fuel for the year 1996–97. [13773]
§ Mr. HealdThe latest estimate for the total class 1A receipts to the national insurance fund in 1996–97 from both company cars and fuel is £439 million. Of that total £379 million is attributable to cars and £60 million to fuel.
Source:
Government Actuary's Department.
§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many employees fell(a) below the lower earnings limit and (b) above the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions in each year since 1978. [14628]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is below.
The estimated number of employees who fell below the lower earnings limit at April 1994 is 2.7 million1.
Information regarding the number of employees earning at the upper earnings limit and above for every week in the tax years from 1986–87 to 1992–93 is in the table.
Tax year Number of employees (millions)2 1986–87 1.09 1987–88 1.27 1988–89 1.59 1989–90 1.74 1990–91 1.82 1991–92 1.70 1992–93 1.84 Source:
1New Earnings Survey and Labour Force Survey.
21 per cent. sample of national insurance records.