§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the cost will be to public funds in 2003–04 of the rise in national insurance contributions on the salary bill of the Department. [107903]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonIt is estimated that the changes to employers' national insurance contributions announced in the 2002 Budget will increase pay costs in my Department, in 2003–04, on average by 0.7 per cent.