§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the number of people paying contributions to a personal pension scheme in each year since 1988 under the categories(a) self-employed
Numbers: Thousands Type of scheme 1988–89 21989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Self-employed contributors1 44 104 238 423 599 n/a 1 A self-employed person has been defined as someone whose main source of income is from self-employment. 2 For the years prior to 1990–91 the estimates are less firm because before independent taxation Inland Revenue recorded income separately for the husband and wife, but only recorded allowable deductions from income, such as personal pension contributions, for the tax unit as a whole. Where both husband and wife were self-employed and there was a personal pension contribution, an assumption has been made that it is attributable to only one partner. Where only one partner is in self-employment any PP contributions are assumed to be attributable to that person. 3 Figures from the survey for the tax year 1993–94 are not yet available. Source:
Inland Revenue Survey of Personal Incomes.