§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the extra revenue raised by abolishing the ceiling on employee national insurance contributions.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIf the upper earnings limit for primary class I contributions had been abolished from April 1980 then, on the assumptions used in the Government Actuary's report on the 1980–81 contribution re-rating order (Cmnd. 7771), the extra contribution income to the national insurance fund and the National Health Service for the tax year 1980–81 would be £200 million, of which £170 million would be received in the financial year 1980–81.