asked the Minister for Social Welfare the approximate income to and outgo from the Social Insurance Fund excluding industrial injuries for the year ended 31 December 1981, in actual terms and expressed as a percentage of total outgo as follows: (a) employer contribution, (b) employee contribution, (c) other income, (d) Exchequer contribution, (e) total income and outgo with separate figures for the pay-related element in benefits as distinct from the basic contribution, together with the outgo figures for each of the principal elements of benefit.
Written Answers. - Social Insurance Fund.
861.
The required information is as follows:—
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Estimated Receipts £000's |
Estimated Payments £000's |
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|
Contributions from Employers |
342,000 |
Disability Benefit |
116,890 |
|
(49.6%) |
Invalidity Pension |
33,836 |
|
|
Contributions from Employees |
135,500 |
Unemployment Benefit |
114,990 |
|
(19.7%) |
Maternity Allowance |
5,770 |
|
|
Other Income (i.e. Investments etc.) |
1,627 |
Maternity Grant |
375 |
|
(0.2%) |
Widows & Orphans (Contributory) Pension |
114,219 |
|
|
Exchequer Contribution |
210,532 |
Treatment Benefit |
7,324 |
|
(30.5%) |
Old Age (Contributory) Pension |
139,462 |
|
|
Retirement Pension |
60,242 |
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|
Deserted Wife's Benefit |
6,740 |
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|
Death Grant |
450 |
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|
Pay-Related Benefit |
60,370 |
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|
Administration Expenses |
28,991 |
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|
Total |
689,659 |
Total |
689,659 |
862.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the apportioned distribution of income to and outgo from the Social Insurance Fund in 1981 on the assumption that the employee contribution would be that payable by a fully insured employee earning £100 per week with all other figures proportionally adjusted.
The required information is contained in the following table:—
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Estimated Receipts £000's |
Estimated Payments £000's |
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|
Contribution from Employers |
342,000* |
Disability Benefit |
116,890 |
|
Contribution from Employees |
136,000* |
Invalidity Pension |
33,836 |
|
Other Income (i.e. Investments etc.) |
1,627 |
Unemployment Benefit |
114,990 |
|
Exchequer Contribution |
208,262 |
Maternity Allowance |
5,770 |
|
Maternity Grant |
375 |
||
|
Widow's & Orphan's (Contributory) Pension |
114,219 |
||
|
Treatment Benefit |
7,324 |
||
|
Old Age (Contributory) Pension |
139,462 |
||
|
Retirement Pension |
60,242 |
||
|
Deserted Wife's Benefit |
6,740 |
||
|
Death Grant |
450 |
||
|
Pay-Related Benefit |
58,600 |
||
|
Administration Expenses |
28,991 |
||
|
Total: |
687,889 |
Total: |
687,889 |
*Based on all employed contributors earning £100 a week with no other change in the 1981 provisions.
Based on the level of reckonable earnings used for the calculation of pay-related benefits which would be appropriate to earnings of £100 a week in 1981.