§ Mr. Robin Cookasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the figures for numbers of home helps per 1,000 of the elderly population in social work authorities grouped by political control on the classification used by the Secretary of State
70Wfor class 1 national insurance contributions and if he will state for each year the additional revenue raised by those charges for (i) employees and (ii) employers for each of the years.
§ Mr. Major[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1986, c. 229]: The information for Great Britain, assuming not contracted out standard rate national insurance contributions, is as follows:
for the Environment in his reply to the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw) on 15 January, Official Report, column 577.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information is given in the table.
Table: Estimated number of home helps at 30 September 1985 per thousand population aged 65 years and over by political control Numbers Number of Authorities included in analysis England 7.4 109 Conservative controlled 5.4 31 Labour controlled 11.5 32 Independent controlled 13.5 1 Notes
- a. The number of home helps has been expressed as whole-time equivalents.
- b. Estimated population at 30 June 1984.
- c. As in the reply to the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw) on 15 January, at column 577, the analysis excludes authorities that changed political control between 1979 and 1985 and authorities under no overall political control, except in the England figures.