HC Deb 25 April 1975 vol 890 cc417-8W
Mr. Ian Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps she is taking to remove the difference between monthly and weekly paid employees arising from the administrative arrangements for national insurance payments in the week between 31st March and 6th April 1975.

Mr. O'Malley

The statutory provisions governing the transition to the system of fully earnings-related contributions introduced by the Social Security Act 1973 apply the same principles to weekly and monthly paid employees. Their effect, in relation to the period 31st March to 6th April, is that where remuneration paid on or after 6th April. on which the new earnings-related contributions are due, covers the whole of this period no old-style contributions are payable; otherwise such contributions are payable in respect of that part of the period not so covered.

Mr. Ian Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate she has made of the total additional contributions which will be made throughout the United Kingdom by monthly-paid employees who, in fact, pay two contributions for the week between 31st March and 6th April 1975.

Mr. O'Malley

Owing to the variety of pay practices and contribution rates involved it is not possible to estimate the difference between the contributions payable by monthly-paid employees for the period 31st March to 6th April under the transitional provisions of the Contribution Regulations and the contributions that would have been payable on the theoretical assumption that the change from graduated contributions to the new earnings-related contributions could have taken effect only in relation to remuneration earned for work done on or after 6th April 1975.