§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the aggregate of social security contributions that have been and will be paid by the average male employee 18 years old in 1948 assuming uninterrupted employment and that contributions continue at present rates hereafter until retirement.
§ Mr. O'Malley£4,835—but this is on the assumption that there will be no change before 1995 in the employed earner's rate of contribution of 5.75 per cent. payable from April 1976 or in the October 1975 figure of national average earnings—derived from the Department of Employment's annual enquiry.