National Insurance

HC Deb 20 January 1994 vol 235 cc799-800W

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out the total amount of the Treasury supplement to the national insurance scheme in each year since 1979; and what is the estimated amount in each of the next three years.

Mr. Hague

The information is in the table:

Year	Sum paid into NI fund
	(£ million)
1979–80	12,343
1980–81	12,848
1981–82	12,433
1982–83	12,591
1983–84	12,807
1984–85	12,597
1985–86	12,163
1986–87	12,412
1987–88	12,135
1988–89	11,653
1989–90	2nil
1990–91	2nil
1991–92	2nil
1992–93	2nil
1993–94	37,589
1994–95	6,280
1995–96	45,000
1996–97	45,300
1 Treasury supplement.
2 The Treasury supplement was abolished from 1989.

³ Treasury grant from 1993 onwards.

⁴ Estimated figures provided by the Government Actuary's Department and rounded to nearest £100 million.