HC Deb 31 March 1993 vol 222 c303W
Mrs. Currie

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he intends to provide a response to the Social Security Select Committee second report, "Low Income Statistics: Low Income Families 1979 to 1989".

Mr. Burt

I have today laid before Parliament Command Paper Cm. 2172 which forms the Government response to the Select Committee report.

National insurance contributions as a percentage of total household income by region
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
United Kingdom 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.1
North 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.3
Yorkshire and Humberside 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.2
East Midlands 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.2
East Anglia 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.0