§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the weekly increase needed to the national insurance contribution paid by married women who have exercised their option to pay reduced contributions in order to raise on an actuarial basis sufficient income to provide for entitlement to sickness and invalidity benefit only.
§ Dr. Boyson[pursuant to his reply, 16 December 1983, c. 633]: National Insurance contributions are not determined on an actuarial basis, but on the principle of "pay-as-you-go". On this principle, assuming that those who had opted to pay at the reduced rate would acquire immediate title to sickness and invalidity benefit in 1984–85 and would have the same sickness experience as
Health Authority Speech Therapists in Post in 1982 Quirk Committee target 1992 Whole-time equivalent Actual number Welsh speaking Clwyd 13 16 3 17 East Dyfed 5 7 3 10 Gwent 12 15 — 20 Gwynedd 9 10 7 10 Mid Glamorgan 12 13 1 25 Powys 2 4 1 5 Pembrokeshire 2 2 — 5 South Glamorgan 18 23 2 18 West Glamorgan 15 15 2 17 Total 88 105 19 127 The figures in the end column are approximately based on the Quirk committee's target of 2,500 speech therapists for Great Britain by 1992.