§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the percentage difference in national insurance contributions paid by a self-employed person earning £4,900 comparing February 1974 with the present.
§ Mr. OrmeA self-employed person with profits or gains of £4,900 per annum pays class 2 (flat-rate) and class 4 (earnings-related) contributions totalling approximately 8 per cent. of that amount.
425WIn February 1974, the same person would only have been paying flat-rate contributions, which then amounted to approximately 2.1 per cent. of £4,900.