§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the national insurance contributions yield in 1989–90 and the first full year of the proposed reformed system for those workers at or below 133W (a) 25 per cent. average earnings, (b) 33 per cent. average earnings, (c) 50 per cent. average earnings, (d) average earnings, (e) twice average earnings, (f) five times average earnings, (g) 10 times average earnings, and (h) £150 per week.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 7 April 1989]: The information is as follows:
Estimated yield: Class 1 primary national insurance contributions £ billions Earnings at or below 1989–90 1990–91 (a) 25 per cent, average earnings 01 01 (b) 33 per cent, average earnings 0.3 0.3 (c) 50 per cent, average earnings 10 10 (d) average earnings 6.5 6.2 (e) twice average earnings 12.8 12.5 (f) (g) three times average earnings 13.4 13.1 (h) £150 per week 2.2 1.7 All earners 13.7 13.4 The Government Actuary's Department has supplied the estimate of the yield from national insurance contributions. Average earnings are those of all full-time male and female employees. Insufficient information is available to enable the yield from people earning five and 10 times the average to be calculated, and the table, therefore, includes figures based on earnings of three times average earnings and of all earners instead. All figures are rounded.