HC Deb 04 July 1995 vol 263 cc192-3W
Mr. Rooney

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total amount of(a) employers' and (b) employees' national insurance contributions collected for each of the last 10 fiscal years expressed (i) at April 1995 prices and (ii) as a percentage of total Exchequer income. [32335]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The information requested is in the table.

UK contribution income April 1995 prices (£ billion) Percentage of UK Exchequer income
Employees' NICs Employers' NICs Employees' NICs Employer's NICs
1985–86 18.851 19.50 8 8
1986–87 19.29 20.85 8 9
1987–88 20.50 22.24 8 9
1988–89 21.42 23.65 8 9
1989–90 18.73 22.92 7 9
1990–91 16.75 23.06 7 9
1991–92 16.81 23.17 7 9
1992–93 16.44 23.65 7 10
1993–94 16.89 24.11 7 10
1994–952 18.59 24.88 7 10
1 Includes national insurance contributions by self-employed for which separate data are available only from 1986–87.
2 Estimate.

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