HC Deb 25 February 1997 vol 291 cc201-2W
25. Sir Colin Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what his estimate of the total national insurance yield would be if the employer's contribution were increased by 1 per cent. [15765]

Mr. Heald

If each rate of employer's national insurance contributions was increased by 1 per cent. from April 1997, the additional yield for 1997–98 would be approximately £3.25 billion.