§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he will be in a position to publish the 1991–92 compliance targets for the Contributions Agency.
§ Mr. JackThe Contributions Agency's business plan was published on 2 April 1991 and contained compliance targets that were based on agreed incremental improvements over estimated performance in 1990–91. As such they were provisional. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has now agreed the following compliance targets for 1991–92:
- To increase collection of contributions arrears by 10 per cent. to £218 million.
- To increase Class 1 arrears identified from survey by 35 per cent. to £17.5 million.
- To increase the number of new Class 2 contributors identified by 60,000.
- To increase identified Class 1 adjustment by 35 per cent. to £16.3 million.