§ Mr. Leightonasked the Paymaster General what has been the increase in the number of employees below the national insurance level since 1983.
§ Mr. LangPrecise information is not available. However, evidence from the "New Earnings Survey" and other data suggest that between April 1983 and April 1985 (the latest period for which data on the distribution of earnings are available), the number of employees whose gross weekly earnings were below the limit for national insurance purposes increased by about a third of a million.