§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what consideration his Department has given to the possibility of abolishing national insurance contributions and meeting the costs of contributory benefits from taxation; and if he will make a statement.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Year Social security benefit spend £'000 Employee's NI contributions as percentage of column 2 Employee's NI contribution as percentage of column 2 Total class 1 NI contributions as percentage of column 2 Exchequer payments to NI fund as percentage of column 2 1989 46,128,234 25.08 31.99 57.08 3.58 1980 18,043,168 1 1 55.65 12.99 1970 3,284,248 1 1 59.60 10.78 1961 1,343,663 1 1 53.06 12.65 1 Figures no longer available for these years.