§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the yield from abolishing the upper earnings limit for employees for national insurance; and what is his estimate of the numbers affected.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe Government Actuary estimates that abolition of the upper earnings limit for primary class 1 national insurance contributions would yield around £700 million in a full year at 1985–86 rates. Some 1.7 million contributors would be affected.