§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the expected contribution by the Treasury to the National Insurance Fund for each year from 1998–99 to 2001–02. [55789]
§ Mr. TimmsNo Treasury Grant to the National Insurance Fund is required for 1998–1999. The amounts of Grant that may be required for 1999–2000 and subsequent years will depend on decisions about the rates of the benefits paid out of the Fund and the rates and thresholds for National Insurance contributions for those years. Estimates of the Grant needed in 1999–2000 will be shown in the Report by the Government Actuary on the drafts of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1999 and the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Fund Payments) Order 1999 which will be laid before Parliament in due course.