§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid in aggregate in national insurance contributions by married women paying at the reduced rate in each of the last 30 years. [65744]
§ Dawn PrimaroloAvailable estimates of the amount of reduced rate contributions paid by married women over the last 27 years are in the table.
Contributions paid by women paying at the reduced rate (£ million) 1975–76 90 1976–77 100 1977–78 110 1978–79 110 1979–80 120 1980–81 130 1981–82 190 1982–83 220 1983–84 60 1984–85 260 1985–86 260 1986–87 260 1987–88 250 1988–89 250 1989–90 240 1990–91 230 1991–92 220 1992–93 200 1993–94 170 1994–95 160 1995–96 140 1996–97 120 1997–98 100 1998–99 90 1999–2000 60 2000–01 50 2001–02 25 Estimates for 1975–76 to 2000–01 are based on a 3 per cent. sample of the National Insurance Recording System and are rounded to the nearest £10 million.The estimate for 2001–02 was provided by the Government Actuary's Department and has been rounded to the nearest £5 million.