HC Deb 01 May 1996 vol 276 c558W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans there are to index link the upper earnings limit. [27385]

Mr. Heald

The upper earnings limit for class 1 national insurance contributions is, in effect, already index linked. Section 5(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 links it to the weekly rate of the basic category A retirement pension, which is increased each year as part of the annual uprating of benefits. We have no plans to change these arrangements.