HC Deb 26 July 1977 vol 936 cc114-5W
Mr. David Mitchell

asked 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. Deakins

About 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.

Mr. David Mitchell

asked 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. Deakins

In 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.

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