HC Deb 09 December 1996 vol 287 cc69-71W
Ms Corston

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 21 November,Official Report, columns 598–600, on national insurance, what estimate he has made of the administrative costs additional to national insurance benefit expenditure for (a) flat-rate retirement pensions,

pension scheme and (b) occupational pension schemes in favour of private personal pension schemes and who have made no further contributions to the private schemes since the year in which they opted out. [7494]

Mr. Heald

The available information is in the table.

The table indicates the number of people who had an appropriate personal pension scheme at the end of 199495, where the Department has made a minimum contribution payment into the individual's APP in the first year of the scheme, and then made no further payments. The figures are broken down into the previous type of pension scheme.

(b) additional pensions and (c) other benefits for the years (i) 1995–96, (ii) 2000–01, (iii) 2010–11, (iv) 2020–21 and (v) 2030–31 if the administrative costs incurred in 1995–96 applied proportionately in subsequent years. [7934]

Mr. Heald

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

National insurance fund administration costs
£ billion in 1994–95 benefit rate terms
1994–95 2000–01 2010–11 2020–21 2030–31
1.60 1.46 1.69 1.96 2.28

Source:

Government Actuary's report on the third quinquennial review under section 137 of the Social Security Act 1975 (HC 160).

Ms Corston

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 19 November,Official Report, columns 519–21, what was the total contribution income at 1995–96 prices from (a) employees, (b) self-employed and (c) employers; and what were the sums (i) paid by the Treasury, (ii) from the national insurance surcharge and class IA for cars and fuel and (iii) from other sources, in (1) cash and (2) as a percentage of the total, in each year from 1979–80 to 1995–96. [7935]

Mr. Heald

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
Total income 44.83 — 45.71 — 44.31 — 45.07 —
Class 11: Employees 11.06 24.67 11.45 25.04 12.84 28.97 15.35 34.06
Employers 17.73 39.56 17.92 39.20 17.09 38.57 17.67 39.21
Class 1A 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Class 2/4 (self-employed) 0.70 1.55 0.67 1.46 0.74 1.66 0.85 1.89
NI surcharge2 7.60 16.96 7.61 16.64 7.25 16.37 4.98 11.04
Treasury payment 6.03 13.46 6.32 13.83 4.83 10.90 4.81 10.67
Other sources3 1.70 3.80 1.75 3.83 1.57 3.54 1.41 3.13

1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
Total income 44.24 — 42.76 — 42.48 — 43.80 —
Class 11: Employees 16.34 36.94 16.68 39.01 17.91 42.15 17.72 40.44
Employers 18.35 41.48 18.65 43.62 19.63 46.21 20.85 47.60
Class 1A 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Class 2/4 (self-employed) 0.98 2.21 1.05 2.45 1.05 2.48 1.08 2.47
NI surcharge2 3.05 6.90 1.50 3.51 0.06 0.15 0.02 0.04
Treasury payment 4.99 11.27 4.39 10.26 3.44 8.11 3.72 8.50
Other sources3 0.53 1.20 0.49 1.14 0.38 0.90 0.42 0.95

1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
Total income 45.08 — 46.41 — 44.77 — 44.49 —
Class 11: Employees 18.66 41.40 19.49 42.00 18.69 41.75 16.90 37.98
Employers 22.21 49.27 23.75 51.18 24.88 55.57 24.78 55.70
Class 1A 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Class 2/4 (self-employed) 1.14 2.54 1.29 2.78 1.36 3.05 1.34 3.01
NI surcharge2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Treasury payment 3.18 7.05 2.31 4.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Other sources3 -0.12 -0.26 -0.43 -0.94 -0.17 -0.38 1.47 3.30

1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
£ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent. £ billions Per cent.
Total income 44.16 — 44.00 — 52.76 — 52.34 —
Class 11: Employees 16.88 38.22 16.65 37.85 16.93 32.09 18.63 35.59
Employers 24.63 55.76 24.34 55.32 24.89 47.18 24.52 46.84
Class 1A 0.00 0.00 0.48 1.10 0.45 0.86 0.50 0.96
Class 2/4 (self-employed) 1.32 3.00 1.34 3.04 1.50 2.84 1.50 2.87
NI surcharge2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Treasury payment 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.19 15.52 6.59 12.59
Other sources3 1.33 3.02 1.18 2.69 0.80 1.51 0.60 1.14
1 Gross of statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay deductions.
2 The NI surcharge was part of general taxation and not paid into the national insurance fund.
3 Figures take into account deductions made by employers in respect of statutory sick pay (SSP) from April 1983 and statutory maternity pay (SMP) from April 1987. The combined SSP and SMP deductions between 1987–88 and 1989–90 exceed other sources of income. From April 1990 figures include amounts paid from the Consolidated Fund as compensation for SSP and SMP deductions.
1. National Insurance contribution figures include the NHS element.
2. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
3. Figures are in 1995–96 prices.

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