§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 13 May,Official Report, columns 370–71, on statutory sick pay, how many employers reclaimed statutory sick pay under the small earners relief scheme in 1994–95; what was the average amount reclaimed; and how many employers reclaimed in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) region. [36681]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
In 1994–95, the estimate of statutory sick pay costs reimbursed to employers under the small earners relief—SER—scheme was £25 million. This is a proportion of the total statutory sick pay—SSP—costs reimbursed to employers during 1994–95 arising from SER and from reimbursement of 80 per cent. of SSP paid by employers during 1993–94. Detailed information on recoveries made 412W under each scheme is not available as employers were not required to distinguish between reimbursement received under each scheme in their end of year returns.
Source:
Government Actuary's Department.