§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the total revenue in 1982 or 1982–83 accounted for by compulsory contributions to opted-out private occupational pension schemes, and accruing to the national insurance fund from contributions.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Department does not have the information requested on the revenue accounted for by compulsory contributions to opted-out private occupational pension schemes. Table 4.5 of the Government statistical services publication, "National Income and Expenditure 1983 Edition", gives details of the contributions paid by employers and employees in the United Kingdom into funded superannuation schemes which will include compulsory contributions to private occupational schemes where the employee is contracted out of the state scheme.
A provisional figure for the revenue accruing to the national insurance fund from contributions in 1982–83 is £16.3 billion; of this some £7.9 billion was in respect of employees in contracted-out employment.