§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the revenue raised in national insurance contributions from (a) employees and (b) employees and employers in each year since 1948; and if he will present these two series of data as a percentage of the revenue raised in income tax.
§ Mr. RossiThe hon. Member will find the basic data he requires in Tables 7.5 and 7.6 of the Central Statistical Office publication "National Income and Expenditure 1982 edition" for the 11 years to 1981, and in the corresponding tables in the central Government part of earlier editions for the preceding years. The 1982 figures will be in the 1983 edition due to e published in September this year.