§ Mr. Yeoasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of abolishing employees' national insurance contributions for all employees earning less than £100 per week.
§ Mr. WhitneyOn the assumptions set out in his report on the draft of the Social Security (Contributions Rerating) (No. 2) Order 1984 (Cmnd. 9386), and assuming that the528W lower earnings limit for contracted-out rebate would also be £100 per week, the Government Actuary calculates that the cost of losing the primary national insurance contributions revenue from employees earning Less than £100 per week would be around £1,020 million.