HC Deb 21 March 1997 vol 292 cc1028-9W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were(a) the amounts of national insurance contributions paid by (i) employers and (ii) employees and (b) any Exchequer supplement, and the proportion of the NI fund accounted for by each, in today's prices for each year since 1979; and what estimate he has made of future revenues. [21062]

Mr. Heald

[holding answer 20 March 1997]: The information is in the tables.

Estimates of future income from contributions are set out in the "National Insurance Fund Long Term Financial Estimates" (HC160) published in January 1995.

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
NI surcharge2 7.72 17 7.73 17 7.37 16 5.05 11 3.10 7
Treasury payment 6.13 13 6.42 14 4.90 11 4.88 11 5.06 11
Other sources3 1.73 4 1.78 4 1.59 4 1.43 3 0.54 1
1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
Total income 43.43 — 42.34 — 44.49 — 45.81 — 47.14 —
Class 11: Employees 16.94 39 17.38 41 17.99 40 18.97 41 19.80 42
Employers 18.95 44 19.94 47 21.18 48 22.56 49 24.13 51
Class 1A 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
Class 2/4 (self-employed) 1.06 2 1.07 3 1.10 2 1.16 3 1.31 3
NI surcharge2 1.53 4 0.06 0 0.02 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
Treasury payment 4.46 10 3.50 8 3.78 8 3.23 7 2.35 5
Other sources 0.50 1 0.39 1 0.42 1 -0.12 0 -0.44 -1
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
Total income 45.47 — 45.18 — 44.85 — 44.68 — 53.61 —
Class 11 Employees 18.99 42 17.16 38 17.14 38 16.92 38 16.60 31
Employers 25.27 56 25.17 56 25.01 56 24.73 55 25.88 48
Class 1A 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.49 1 0.48 1
Class 2/4 (self-employed) 1.39 3 1.36 3 1.34 3 1.36 3 1.53 3
NI surcharge2 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
Treasury payment 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 8.31 16
Other sources -0.17 0 1.48 3 1.34 3 1.19 3 0.80 1
1994–95 1995–96
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
Total income 53.15 — 51.12 —
Class 11 Employees 18.92 36 19.62 38
Employers 24.90 47 25.18 49
Class 1A 0.51 1 0.49 1
Class 2/4 (self-employed) 1.52 3 1.54 3
NI surcharge2 0.00 0 0.00 0
Treasury payment 6.69 13 3.69 7
Other sources3 0.60 1 0.61 1
1 Gross of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) deductions.
2 The National Insurance surcharge was part of general taxation and not paid into the National Insurance Fund.
3 Figures take into account deductions made by employers in respect of statutory sick pay (SSP) from April 1993 and statutory maternity pay (SMP) from April 1987. The combined SSP and SMP deductions SMP deductions between 1987–88 and 1989–90 exceed other sources of income. From April 1990 figures include amounts paid from the Consolidated Fund as compensation for SSP and SMP deductions.
1. National insurance contribution figures include the NHS element.
2. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

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