§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is his estimate of the total which should be collected and which has been collected in employers' national insurance contributions for the latest five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe table shows the national insurance fund income expected from class 1 contributions (employees and employers schemes) compared with the contributions received from employers during the financial years from 1984–85 to 1988–89. The estimates were contained in the Government Actuary's reports which were laid before Parliament together with the draft Contributions Re-rating Orders for those years and exclude the SSP, SMP and abatement of contributions on SSP and SMP that employers were expected to recover from the Class 1 contributions they were due to remit.
(£ Thousands) Year Estimated income from class 1 contributions Total contributions received from employers 1984–85 20,291,000 21,380,595 1985–86 22,687,000 22,564,779 1986–87 23,571,000 24,254,179 1987–88 25,577,000 26,522,035 1988–89 28,349,000 29,759,614
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many visits by his Department's national