§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate she has made of the costs of raising the starting point for employee NICs from £64 per week to £81 per week. [35768]
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the cost of raising the lower earnings limit for employee national insurance contributions from £64 per week to £81 per week, within the new structure of National Insurance set out in the Budget. [35861]
§ Mr. DenhamMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has stated that future reforms will raise the starting point at which employees pay National Insurance contributions to the level of the single person's tax allowance while protecting benefit entitlement. If this change were to be introduced from April 1999, the estimated reduction in revenue from employee Class 1 National Insurance contributions, gross of contracted-out rebates, would be £1.35 billion for 1999–2000
Source:
Government Actuary's Department.