§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many self-employed national insurance contributors, who are also having deductions of national insurance contributions as employed persons, have not claimed back the excess payments in respect of the last financial year.
§ Mr. DeakinsAbout 5,000 applications for refunds, sent to persons who paid both self-employed and employed earner national insurance contributions in the 1975–76 tax year, have not yet been returned. Figures are not available for the 1976–77 tax year.
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§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are paying national insurance contributions in duplicate both as self-employed and as employees; and whether he is satisfied with the working of the arrangements to enable repayment to be made of excess contributions which arise for this reason.
§ Mr. DeakinsIn the 1975–76 tax year there were approximately 25,000 cases of excess payments arising from the payment of self-employed and employed earner national insurance contributions by the same person. I am satisfied with the arrangements for enabling refunds of these contributions to be made in such cases, though I shall of course keep the matter under review.