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Finally, I am pleased to announce changes which will provide significant extra help for two groups of people who, in difficult personal circumstances, take responsibility for bringing up children whose parents have died.Guardian's allowance will be ignored in family credit, housing benefit, council tax benefit and disability working allowance. Those who have to bring up a child on their own will be able to receive one-parent benefit in addition to guardian's allowance. At present--following a commissioner's decision--these benefits can only be paid together if the child whose parents have died is not the eldest child in the new family. Both these changes will be implemented from 1993.
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Schedule of main proposed Social Security
Benefit Rates
from April 1993
(weekly rates unless otherwise shown)
Attendance Allowance
|Old rates|New rates
|1992 |1993
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Higher rate |43.35 |44.90
Lower rate |28.95 |30.00
Child Benefit
|Old rates|New rates
|1992 |1993
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Only, elder or eldest for whom child
benefit is payable |9.65 |10.00
Each subsequent child |7.80 |8.10
Child's Special Allowance
|Old rates
|1992
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See note on Child Dependency Increase |10.85
Council tax benefit
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Personal allowances
single
18 to 24 |33.60 |34.80
25 or over |42.45 |44.00
lone parent-18 or over |42.45 |44.00
couple-one or both over 18 |66.60 |69.00
dependent children
under 11 |14.55 |15.05
11 to 15 |21.40 |22.15
16 to 17 |25.55 |26.45
18 |33.60 |34.80
Premiums
family |9.30 |9.65
lone parent |10.60 |10.95
pensioner
single |16.70 |17.30
couple |25.35 |26.25
pensioner (enhanced)
single |18.65 |19.30
couple |28.00 |29.00
pensioner (higher)
single |22.75 |23.55
couple |32.55 |33.70
disability
single |17.80 |18.45
couple |25.55 |26.45
severe disability
single |32.55 |33.70
couple (one qualifies) |32.55 |33.70
couple (both qualify) |65.10 |67.40
disabled child |17.80 |18.45
carer |11.55 |11.95
Allowance for personal expenses for
claimants in hospital
higher rate |13.55 |14.05
lower rate |10.85 |11.20
Non-dependent deductions aged 18 or
over and in remunerative work
gross income: £105.00 or more |2.00 |2.00
gross income: up to £104.99 |1.00 |1.00
others, aged 18 or over |1.00 |1.00
Alternative maximum council tax benefit
second adult on Income Support
(per cent.) |25
second adult's gross income:
up to £105 (per cent.) |15
£105.01 to £135 (per cent.) |7.5
Capital
upper limit |16,000.00 |16,000.00
amount disregarded |3,000.00 |3,000.00
child's limit |3,000.00 |3,000.00
Tariff income
£1 for every complete £250 or part
thereof between amount of
capital disregarded and capital
upper limit
Earnings disregards
where disability premium awarded |15.00 |15.00
various specified employments |15.00 |15.00
lone parent |25.00 |25.00
where the claimant has a partner |10.00 |10.00
single claimant |5.00 |5.00
where carer premium awarded |0.00 |15.00
Other income disregards
maintenance disregard |15.00 |15.00
war disablement pension and war
widow's pension |10.00 |10.00
voluntary and charitable
payments |10.00 |10.00
student loan |10.00 |10.00
student's covenanted income |5.00 |5.00
income from boarders:
disregard the fixed amount (£20)
plus 50 per cent. of the balance
of the charge |20.00 |20.00
Expenses for subtenants
furnished or unfurnished |4.00 |4.00
where heating is included,
additional |8.60 |8.60
Dependency increases
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Adult Dependency Increases
For spouse or person looking after
children, with:
retirement pension on own
insurance, invalidity pension,
unemployability supplement and, if
beneficiary over pension age,
unemployment benefit |32.55|33.70
non-contributory retirement pension,
invalid care allowance and severe
disablement allowance |19.45|20.15
sickness benefit if beneficiary over
pension age |31.20|32.30
unemployment benefit |26.60|27.55
maternity allowance/sickness benefit |25.50|26.40
Child Dependency Increases
For each child, with:
retirement pension, widows benefit,
invalidity benefit, invalid care
allowance, severe disablement
allowance, higher rate industrial
death benefit, unemployability
supplement and sickness/
unemployment benefit if beneficiary
over pension age |10.85|10.95
Note: The Overlapping Benefits Regulations provide for
the rate of child dependency increases, guardian's
allowance and child special allowance to be adjusted
where the increase or allowance is payable for the
eldest eligible child for whom child benefit is also
payable. The weekly rate of the increase or allowance is
reduced by the differential (less the 75p derived from
the October increase in child benefit) between the rate
of child benefit payable for the oldest eligible child
and that payable for a subsequent child.
Disability Living Allowance
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Care component
Highest |43.35 |44.90
Middle |28.95 |30.00
Lowest |11.55 |11.95
Mobility component
Higher |30.30 |31.40
Lower |11.55 |11.95
Disability Working Allowance
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Adult allowance
Single people |42.40 |43.95
Couples/Lone parents |58.80 |60.95
Child allowance
Under 11 |10.40 |10.75
11 to 15 |17.25 |17.85
16 to 17 |21.45 |22.20
18 |29.90 |31.00
Applicable amount (ie taper threshold)
Single people |39.95 |41.40
Couples/Lone parents |66.60 |69.000
Capital
Upper limit |16,000.00 |16,000.00
Amount disregarded |3,000.00 |3,000.00
Child's limit |3,000.00 |3,000.00
Tariff income
£1 for every complete £250 or part
thereof between amount of capital
disregarded and capital upper limit
Disregards
Maintenance disregard |15.00 |15.00
War disablement pension and war
widow's pension |10.00 |10.00
Voluntary and charitable payments |10.00 |10.00
Student loan |10.00 |10.00
Student's covenanted income |5.00 |5.00
Income from boarders:
Disregard the fixed amount (£20)
plus 50 per cent. of the balance of
the charge |20.00 |20.00
Expenses for subtenants
Furnished or unfurnished |4.00 |4.00
Where heating is included, additional |8.60 |8.60
Family credit
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Adult credit |41.00 |42.50
Child credit
Under 11 |10.40 |10.75
11 to 15 |17.25 |17.85
16 to 17 |21.45 |22.20
18 |29.90 |31.00
Applicable amount (ie taper threshold) |66.60 |69.00
Capital
Upper limit |8,000.00 |8,000.00
Amount disregarded |3,000.00 |3,000.00
Child's limit |3,000.00 |3,000.00
Tariff income
£1 for every complete £250 or part
thereof between amount of capital
disregarded and capital upper limit
Disregards
Maintenance disregard |15.00 |15.00
War disablement pension and war
widow's
pension |10.00 |10.00
voluntary and charitable payments |10.00 |10.00
Student loan |10.00 |10.00
Student's covenanted income |5.00 |5.00
Income from boarders:
Disregard the fixed amount (£20)
plus 50 per cent. of the balance of
the charge |20.00 |20.00
Expenses for subtenants
Furnished or unfurnished |4.00 |4.00
Where heating is included, additional |8.60 |8.60
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Family credit
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Adult credit |41.00 |42.50
Child credit
Under 11 |10.40 |10.75
11 to 15 |17.25 |17.85
16 to 17 |21.45 |22.20
18 |29.90 |31.00
Applicable amount (ie taper threshold) |66.60 |69.00
Capital
Upper limit |8,000.00 |8,000.00
Amount disregarded |3,000.00 |3,000.00
Child's limit |3,000.00 |3,000.00
Tariff income
£1 for every complete £250 or part
thereof between amount of capital
disregarded and capital upper limit
Disregards
Maintenance disregard |15.00 |15.00
War disablement pension and war
widow's
pension |10.00 |10.00
voluntary and charitable payments |10.00 |10.00
Student loan |10.00 |10.00
Student's covenanted income |5.00 |5.00
Income from boarders:
Disregard the fixed amount (£20)
plus 50 per cent. of the balance of
the charge |20.00 |20.00
Expenses for subtenants
Furnished or unfurnished |4.00 |4.00
Where heating is included, additional |8.60 |8.60
Guardian's allowance
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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See note on Child Dependency Increase |10.85 |10.95
Hospital downrating
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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20 per cent. rate |10.85 |11.20
40 per cent. rate |21.70 |22.40
Industrial disablement pension
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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18 and over, or under 18 with dependants
100 per cent. |88.40 |91.60
90 per cent. |79.56 |82.44
80 per cent. |70.72 |73.28
70 per cent. |61.88 |64.12
60 per cent. |53.04 |54.96
50 per cent. |44.20 |45.80
40 per cent. |35.36 |36.64
30 per cent. |26.52 |27.48
20 per cent. |17.68 |18.32
Under 18
100 per cent. |54.15 |56.10
90 per cent. |48.74 |50.49
80 per cent. |43.32 |44.88
70 per cent. |37.91 |39.27
60 per cent. |32.49 |33.66
50 per cent. |27.08 |28.05
40 per cent. |21.66 |22.44
30 per cent. |16.25 |16.83
20 per cent. |10.83 |11.22
Maximum life gratuity (lump sum) |5,870.00 |6,080.00
Unemployability Supplement |54.15 |56.10
plus where appropriate an increase
for early incapacity
higher rate |11.55 |11.95
middle rate |7.20 |7.50
lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Maximum reduced earnings allowance |35.36 |36.64
Maximum retirement allowance |8.84 |9.16
Constant attendance allowance
exceptional rate |70.80 |73.40
intermediate rate |53.10 |55.05
normal maximum rate |35.40 |36.70
part-time rate |17.70 |18.35
Exceptionally severe disablement |35.40 |36.70
allowance
Industrial disablement pension
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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18 and over, or under 18 with dependants
100 per cent. |88.40 |91.60
90 per cent. |79.56 |82.44
80 per cent. |70.72 |73.28
70 per cent. |61.88 |64.12
60 per cent. |53.04 |54.96
50 per cent. |44.20 |45.80
40 per cent. |35.36 |36.64
30 per cent. |26.52 |27.48
20 per cent. |17.68 |18.32
Under 18
100 per cent. |54.15 |56.10
90 per cent. |48.74 |50.49
80 per cent. |43.32 |44.88
70 per cent. |37.91 |39.27
60 per cent. |32.49 |33.66
50 per cent. |27.08 |28.05
40 per cent. |21.66 |22.44
30 per cent. |16.25 |16.83
20 per cent. |10.83 |11.22
Maximum life gratuity (lump sum) |5,870.00 |6,080.00
Unemployability Supplement |54.15 |56.10
plus where appropriate an increase
for early incapacity
higher rate |11.55 |11.95
middle rate |7.20 |7.50
lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Maximum reduced earnings allowance |35.36 |36.64
Maximum retirement allowance |8.84 |9.16
Constant attendance allowance
exceptional rate |70.80 |73.40
intermediate rate |53.10 |55.05
normal maximum rate |35.40 |36.70
part-time rate |17.70 |18.35
Exceptionally severe disablement |35.40 |36.70
allowance
Industrial disablement pension
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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18 and over, or under 18 with dependants
100 per cent. |88.40 |91.60
90 per cent. |79.56 |82.44
80 per cent. |70.72 |73.28
70 per cent. |61.88 |64.12
60 per cent. |53.04 |54.96
50 per cent. |44.20 |45.80
40 per cent. |35.36 |36.64
30 per cent. |26.52 |27.48
20 per cent. |17.68 |18.32
Under 18
100 per cent. |54.15 |56.10
90 per cent. |48.74 |50.49
80 per cent. |43.32 |44.88
70 per cent. |37.91 |39.27
60 per cent. |32.49 |33.66
50 per cent. |27.08 |28.05
40 per cent. |21.66 |22.44
30 per cent. |16.25 |16.83
20 per cent. |10.83 |11.22
Maximum life gratuity (lump sum) |5,870.00 |6,080.00
Unemployability Supplement |54.15 |56.10
plus where appropriate an increase
for early incapacity
higher rate |11.55 |11.95
middle rate |7.20 |7.50
lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Maximum reduced earnings allowance |35.36 |36.64
Maximum retirement allowance |8.84 |9.16
Constant attendance allowance
exceptional rate |70.80 |73.40
intermediate rate |53.10 |55.05
normal maximum rate |35.40 |36.70
part-time rate |17.70 |18.35
Exceptionally severe disablement |35.40 |36.70
allowance
Industrial disablement pension
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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18 and over, or under 18 with dependants
100 per cent. |88.40 |91.60
90 per cent. |79.56 |82.44
80 per cent. |70.72 |73.28
70 per cent. |61.88 |64.12
60 per cent. |53.04 |54.96
50 per cent. |44.20 |45.80
40 per cent. |35.36 |36.64
30 per cent. |26.52 |27.48
20 per cent. |17.68 |18.32
Under 18
100 per cent. |54.15 |56.10
90 per cent. |48.74 |50.49
80 per cent. |43.32 |44.88
70 per cent. |37.91 |39.27
60 per cent. |32.49 |33.66
50 per cent. |27.08 |28.05
40 per cent. |21.66 |22.44
30 per cent. |16.25 |16.83
20 per cent. |10.83 |11.22
Maximum life gratuity (lump sum) |5,870.00 |6,080.00
Unemployability Supplement |54.15 |56.10
plus where appropriate an increase
for early incapacity
higher rate |11.55 |11.95
middle rate |7.20 |7.50
lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Maximum reduced earnings allowance |35.36 |36.64
Maximum retirement allowance |8.84 |9.16
Constant attendance allowance
exceptional rate |70.80 |73.40
intermediate rate |53.10 |55.05
normal maximum rate |35.40 |36.70
part-time rate |17.70 |18.35
Exceptionally severe disablement |35.40 |36.70
allowance
D
Invalidity allowances and benefits
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Invalid care allowance |32.55 |33.70
Invalidity benefit
Invalidity pension |54.15 |56.10
Invalidity allowance
higher rate |11.55 |11.95
middle rate |7.20 |7.50
lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Maternity and parent benefits
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Maternity allowance |42.25 |43.75
One parent benefit |5.85 |6.05
Pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, workmen's compensation
(supplementation) and other schemes
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Total disablement allowance and major
incapacity allowance (maximum) |88.40 |91.60
Partial disablement allowance |32.55 |33.70
Unemployability supplement |54.15 |56.10
plus where appropriate increases for
early incapacity
higher rate |11.55 |11.95
middle rate |7.20 |7.50
lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Constant attendance allowance
exceptional rate |70.80 |73.40
intermediate rate |53.10 |55.05
normal maximum rate |35.40 |36.70
part-time rate |17.70 |18.35
Exceptionally severe disablement
allowance |35.40 |36.70
Lesser incapacity allowance
maximum rate of allowance |32.55 |33.70
based on loss of earnings over |43.35 |44.90
Retirement Pension
|Old Rates 1992|New Rates 1993
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Category A or B |54.15 |56.10
Category B (lower)-husband's insurance |32.55 |33.70
Category C or D-non-contributory |32.55 |33.70
Category C (lower)-non-contributory |19.45 |20.15
Additional pension |- |-
Increments to basic and additional pension,
contracted out deductions (from pre April 1988
earnings) and graduated retirement benefit |- |-
Contracted out deductions (CODS) and
increments to CODS (from post April 1988
earnings) (3 per cent. paid by scheme, RPI
minus 3 per cent. by state) |- |-
Graduated retirement benefit (unit) (pence) |7.09 |7.35
Addition at age 80 |0.25 |0.25
Q
Severe disablement allowance
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Basic rate |32.55 |33.70
Age-related addition (from December
1990)
Higher rate |11.55 |11.95
Middle rate |7.20 |7.50
Lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Sickness benefit
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Over pension age |51.95 |53.80
Under pension age |41.20 |42.70
Social fund
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
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Maternity payment |100.00 |100.00
Capital limit
aged under 60 |500.00 |500.00
aged 60 and over |1,000.00 |1,000.00
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
Earnings threshold |54.00 |56.00
Lower rate |46.30 |47.95
|Old rates 1992|New rates 1993
Earnings threshold |54.00 |56.00
Standard rate threshold |190.00 |195.00
Lower rate |45.30 |46.95
Standard rate |52.50 |52.50
Unemployment Benefit
|Old rates|New rates
|1992 |1993
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Over pension age |54.15 |56.10
Under pension age |43.10 |44.65
Occupational pension abatement |35.00 |35.00
War pensions
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Disablement pension (100 per cent. rates)
private or equivalent |89.00 |92.20
non-commissioned officer |.00 |93.00
officer (£ per annum) |4,650.00|5,081.00
Note.-Under the further package of changes, which are to be
discussed with the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions the
rates would be:-
private or equivalent |89.00 |97.20
officer (£ per annum) |4,650.00|5,072.00
Age allowances
40-50 per cent. |6.25 |6.50
over 50 but not over 70 per cent. |9.65 |10.00
over 70 but not over 90 per cent. |13.80 |14.30
over 90 per cent. |19.30 |20.00
Disablement gratuity (base figures for
calculation purposes only)
specified minor injury |5,870.00|6,080.00
unspecified minor injury |3,228.50|3,344.00
Unemployability allowance
personal |57.50 |59.55
adult dependency increase |32.55 |33.70
(a) increase for first child |9.75 |9.80
(b) increase for subsequent children |10.85 |10.95
Invalidity allowance
higher rate |11.55 |11.95
middle rate |7.20 |7.50
lower rate |3.60 |3.75
Constant attendance allowance
exceptional rate |70.80 |73.40
intermediate rate |53.10 |55.05
normal maximum rate |35.40 |36.70
part-time rate |17.70 |18.35
Comforts allowance
higher rate |15.20 |15.70
lower rate |7.60 |7.85
Mobility supplement |33.70 |34.90
Allowance for lowered standard of
occupation (maximum) |35.36 |36.64
Exceptionally severe disablement
allowance |35.40 |36.70
Severe disablement occupational
allowance |17.70 |18.35
Clothing allowance (£ per annum)
higher rate |120.00 |124.00
lower rate |76.00 |79.00
Education allowance (£ per annum)
(maximum) |120.00 |120.00
War widow's pension (private)
widow |70.35 |72.90
childless widow under 40 |16.25 |16.83
age allowance
(a) age 65 to 69 |8.05 |8.35
(b) age 70 to 79 |15.55 |16.10
(c) age 80 and over |23.10 |23.95
children's allowance
(a) increase for first child
(adjusted for child benefit
increase) |13.75 |13.85
(b) increase for subsequent
children |14.85 |15.00
Orphan's pension
(a) increase for first child
(adjusted for child benefit
increase) |15.30 |15.45
(b) increase for subsequent children |16.40 |16.60
Unmarried dependant living as spouse
(maximum) |68.30 |70.85
Rent allowance (maximum) |26.80 |27.75
Adult orphan's pension (maximum) |54.15 |56.10
Widower's pension (maximum) |70.35 |72.90
Widow's Benefit
|Old Rates 1992|New Rates 1993
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Widow's payment (lump sum) |1,000.00 |1,000.00
Widowed mother's allowance |54.15 |56.10
Widow's pension
standard rate |54.15 |56.10
age-related
age 54 (49) |50.36 |52.17
age 53 (48) |46.57 |48.25
age 52 (47) |42.78 |44.32
age 51 (46) |38.99 |40.39
age 50 (45) |35.20 |36.47
age 49 (44) |31.41 |32.54
age 48 (43) |27.62 |28.61
age 47 (42) |23.83 |24.68
age 46 (41) |20.04 |20.76
age 45 (40) |16.25 |16.83
Note: For deaths occurring before 11 April 1988 refer to age-points
shown in brackets.
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National Insurance
Mrs. Browning : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he has yet completed his review of national insurance contributions for 1993-94.
Mr. Lilley : I have completed the annual review under section 141 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. My proposals will take effect from 6 April 1993. The levels of contributory benefit expenditure I am maintaining will mean a shortfall in the national insurance fund between income and outgoings. I propose to meet this shortfall by introducing legislation to make an Exchequer grant available ; in 1993-94, the first year, this would be up to 20 per cent. of contributory benefit expenditure. This legislation will also introduce the 1 per cent. additional rebate for appropriate personal pension holders aged 30 and over.
Employers and employees
There will be no change to the standard rates of contributions for either employees or employers, which remain at 9 per cent. and 10.4 per cent. respectively.
In line with the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, the lower earnings limit for class 1 contributions is to be raised to £56 a week, which is the nearest whole pound to the basic retirement pension rate for a single person from April 1993. The upper earnings limit is to be raised to £420 a week, which is slightly less than seven and a half times the new basic pension rate as provided by the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act. These new earnings limits will replace the current ones of £54 and £405 respectively.
Under the current structure employees whose earnings reach the lower earnings limit will continue to pay an initial contribution of 2 per cent. of that limit and standard rate contributions of 9 per cent. on that portion of their earnings which exceeds the lower but not the upper earnings limit. For employers the reduced contribution rates of 4.6 per cent., 6.6 per cent. and 8.6 per cent. for the lower paid will continue unchanged. However, the thresholds for these rates will be raised so that from April 1993 they apply to weekly earnings which fall below the ceilings of £95, £140 and £195 respectively, compared with £90, £135 and £190 at present.
Not contracted-out employees and their employers
Neither the employee nor his employer will have to pay any contributions if earnings are less than £56 a week. Those whose earnings do not exceed £405 (the former upper earnings limit) will pay 14 pence a week less in contributions than at present. This is because a further £2 of their weekly earnings will be subject to a deduction of 2 per cent. rather than 9 per cent. For employees with earnings above £405 a week the maximum possible increase will be £1.21 a week. Employers' contributions will generally be unchanged although some will pay less where employees' earnings which were above the former thresholds fall below the new thresholds. There will be no increase for employers of the higher paid since there is no upper earnings limit for employers' contributions.
Contracted-out employees and their employers
The statutory review of the contracted-out rebate for employees and employers, the result of which was announced last February, resulted in a reduction in the rebate from April 1993. Although the main rates of
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contributions remain unchanged the effect of the reduced rebate is that many employees will pay a little more. Those with earnings between £110 and £405 (the former upper earnings limit) will pay up to 59p a week more. Those who earn more than £405 will pay contributions on the next £15 of earnings from next April (ie up to £420 a week, the proposed upper earnings limit), a maximum increase of £1.67 a week. Contracted-out employees who earn £110 or less will pay the same or slightly less.Because of the fall in the rebate employers will generally pay more although some will pay less where employees' earnings which were above the former thresholds fall below the new thresholds. Self-employed people
The flat rate class 2 contribution will be raised by 20p to £5.55 a week.
There will be no increase in the rate of class 4 contributions, currently 6.3 per cent. The annual limits of profits between which class 4 contributions are paid will be raised to £6,340 and £21,840 from £6,120 and £21,060 respectively. Self-employed people who pay only class 2 contributions will pay an extra £10.40 a year in 1993-94.
For people with profits between £6,340 and £21,060 (the former upper profits limit) class 4 contributions will be reduced by £13.86 per year assuming an unaltered level of profits. For those self-employed people with profits at or above the new upper profits limit the annual charge for class 4 contributions will be £35.28 higher.
Class 3 (voluntary) contributions
The rate of class 3 contributions will be raised by 20p to £5.45 a week.
National health service allocation
The allocation to the national health service, currently 1.05 per cent. from employees and 0.9 per cent. from employers, remains unchanged.
As usual, I shall be laying a draft order before Parliament together with a report by the Government actuary describing the effects of my proposals.
Maternity Grants
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security further to his answer of 30 October, Official Report, columns 924-27, if he will list by Benefits Agency district office the number of maternity grants paid in 1990 and 1989.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 6 November 1992] : For 1989-90 information by office is not available. However, the number of maternity payments in the year was 173,600. As the Benefits Agency was formed in April 1991, information for 1990-91 is shown in the table by DSS local office.
Local Office |Payments -------------------------------------------------------- Aberdare |357 Aberdeen North |378 Aberdeen South |236 Abertillery |162 Aberystwth |167 Accrington |442 Airdrie |273 Aldershot |370 Ammanford |107 Andover |155 Anglesey |296 Arbroath |252 Ashford |231 Ashington |366 Ashton-under-Lyne |502 Aylesbury |242 Ayr |610 Banbury |224 Bargoed |201 Barking |538 Barnet |147 Barnsley East |584 Barnsley West |334 Barnstaple |297 Barrow in Furness |333 Barry |325 Basildon |643 Basingstoke |212 Bath |364 Bathgate |563 Bedford |438 Bellshill |222 Berwick on Tweed |59 Bexley |533 Birkenhead North |766 Birkenhead South |429 Birmingham Edgebaston |750 Birmingham Erdington |687 Birmingham Handsworth |1,000 Birmingham Ladywood |817 Birmingham Northfield |693 Birmingham Perry Barr |508 Birmingham Ravenhurst |574 Birmingham South Yardley |803 Birmingham Sparkhill |421 Birmingham Washwood Heath |686 Bishop Auckland |548 Blackburn |1,005 Blackpool North |721 Blackpool South |282 Blackwood |196 Blyth |390 Bognor Regis |198 Bolton |1,006 Boston |260 Bournemouth |463 Bracknell |216 Bradford East |860 Bradford South |707 Bradford West |718 Braintree |256 Bridgend |476 Bridgwater |267 Bridlington |215 Brighton |470 Bristol Central |390 Bristol East |538 Bristol Horfield |248 Bristol South |622 Bristol West |148 Bromley |186 Burnley |985 Burton on Trent |292 Bury |589 Bury St. Edmunds |305 Buxton |62 Caernarfon |265 Caerphilly |291 Cambridge |411 Campbeltown |37 Cannock |369 Canterbury |303 Cardiff Central |370 Cardiff East |712 Cardiff West |569 Carlisle |376 Carmarthen |134 Castleford |273 Chatham |596 Chelmsford |260 Cheltenham |390 Chester |394 Chesterfield |644 Chester le Street |262 Chichester |127 Chippenham |197 Clacton-on-Sea |240 Clydebank |295 Coatbridge |247 Colchester |425 Colwyn Bay |309 Corby |235 Coventry East |893 Coventry West |515 Cowdenbeath |223 Crawley |267 Crewe |453 Croydon |683 Cumbernauld |359 Cwmbran |499 Darlington |615 Dartford |242 Deeside |234 Derby Beckett Street |467 Derby Heritage Gate |245 Derby London Road |710 Dewsbury |827 Diss |76 Doncaster East |507 Doncaster West |703 Dover |260 Dudley North |630 Dudley South |298 Dumbarton |269 Dumfries |329 Dundee East |432 Dundee West |453 Dunfermline |316 Dunstable |177 Durham |243 Eastbourne |319 East Kilbride |177 Ebbw Vale |285 Edgeware |222 Edinburgh East |473 Edinburgh City |254 Edinburgh North |354 Edinburgh South |474 Edinburgh West |415 Elgin |231 Ellesmere Port |316 Epsom |99 Eston |491 Exeter |654 Falkirk |495 Fareham |350 Farnworth |543 Folkestone |215 Fort William |84 Galashiels |222 Gateshead |816 Glasgow Anniesland |386 Glasgow Bridgeton |277 Glasgow City |223 Glasgow Craigton |396 Glasgow Cranstonhill |4 Glasgow Laurieston |335 Glasgow Maryhill |314 Glasgow Partick |166 Glasgow Provan |649 Glasgow Rutherglen |496 Glasgow Shettleston |373 Glasgow Southside |494 Glasgow Springburn |487 Gloucester |537 Goole |165 Grantham |234 Gravesend |239 Grays |370 Greenock |387 Grimsby |1,073 Great Yarmouth |300 Guildford |240 Halifax |773 Hamilton |517 Harlow |276 Harrogate |202 Harrow |277 Hartlepool |582 Hastings |445 Havant |304 Haverfordwest |244 Hemel Hempstead |203 Hemsworth |244 Hereford |365 Hertford |214 Hexham |98 High Wycombe |279 Houghton Le Spring |230 Hounslow |513 Hove |184 Huddersfield |782 Hull East |1,235 Hull West |934 Hyde |497 Ilford |444 Ilkeston |355 Inverness |385 Ipswich |609 Irvine |589 Isle of Wight |386 Jarrow |306 Johnstone |264 Keighley |414 Kendal |89 Kidderminster |359 Kilmarnock |373 King's Lynn |533 Kingston |172 Kirkcaldy |511 Lancaster |440 Launceston |160 Leamington Spa |345 Leeds East |809 Leeds North |729 Leeds North West |555 Leeds South |431 Leeds West |499 Leicester Burleys Way |329 Leicester Lower Hill Street |581 Leicester Norton Street |517 Leicester Yeoman Street |761 Leigh |430 Lerwick |35 Leven |203 Lewes |202 Lichfield |501 Lincoln Newland |418 Lincoln Orchard Street |533 Liverpool Belle Vale |370 Liverpool Bootle |611 Liverpool Breckfield |689 Liverpool City |295 Liverpool Crosby |442 Liverpool Edgehill |567 Liverpool Garston |371 Liverpool Huyton |777 Liverpool Kirkby |748 Liverpool Norris Green |379 Liverpool Toxteth |550 Liverpool West Derby |175 Llanelli |308 London Balham |418 London Battersea |403 London Bloomsbury |154 London Brixton |421 London Camberwell |506 London Canning Town |277 London Chelsea |172 London City |108 London Cricklewood |205 London Crystal Palace |466 London Ealing |1,359 London Edmonton |505 London Euston |930 London Finsbury Park |482 London Fulham |124 London Greenwich Park |218 London Hackney |585 London Harlesden |451 London Hendon |274 London Highgate |265 London Hither Green |34 London Hoxton |404 London Kennington Park |375 London Kensington |136 London Lewisham |762 London Leytonstone |484 London Mitcham |239 London Neasden |454 London Oval |248 London Paddington |106 London Peckham |370 London Plaistow |474 London Poplar |586 London Shoreditch |403 London Southwark |440 London Stepney |514 London Stoke Newington |341 London Streatham |321 London Thames South |3 London Tottenham |665 London Walthamstow |470 London Wandsworth |194 London Westminster |130 London Wimbledon |256 London Woodgrange Park |636 London Wood Green |394 London Woolwich |877 Loughborough |383 Lowestoft |277 Luton |672 Macclesfield |140 Maidstone |337 Manchester Central |182 Manchester Cheetham |645 Manchester Chorlton |405 Manchester Failsworth |620 Manchester Longsight |655 Manchester Middleton |439 Manchester Openshaw |608 Manchester Rusholme |505 Manchester Sale |562 Manchester Wythenshawe |724 Mansfield |660 Merthyr Tydfil |431 Middlesbrough |1,117 Milton Keynes |572 Morriston |320 Motherwell |446 Neath |224 New Forest |248 New Malden |102 Newbury |159 Newcastle East |540 Newcastle St. James |623 Newcastle West |516 Newcastle Staffs |351 Newport Gwent |878 Newtown |197 Northampton |741 North Shields |335 Northallerton |172 Northwich |342 Norwich Chantry |371 Norwich Mountergate |547 Nottingham Castlegate |587 Nottingham David Lane |695 Nottingham Shakespeare Street |793 Nottingham Station Street |701 Nuneaton |502 Oban |48 Oldham |1,002 Orpington |175 Oxford |655 Paisley |597 Pembroke Dock |185 Penrith |62 Penzance |256 Perth |352 Peterborough |892 Peterhead |170 Peterlee |451 Plymouth |541 Plymouth Crownhill |581 Pontefract |311 Pontypridd |281 Poole |382 Port Glasgow |160 Portsmouth North |471 Portsmouth South |344 Port Talbot |212 Porth |221 Porthmadog |177 Preston North |743 Preston South |580 Reading |428 Redcar |367 Redditch |436 Redhill |196 Rhyl |488 Rochdale |745 Romford |308 Rossendale |234 Rotherham North |278 Rotherham South |879 Rugby |187 Salford North |578 Salford South |515 Salisbury |254 Scarborough |340 Scunthorpe |547 Seaham |205 Sheffield North East |244 Sheffield North West |630 Sheffield South East |466 Sheffield South West |410 Shrewsbury |475 Sittinghbourne |336 Skegness |159 Skelmersdale |516 Skipton |50 Slough |405 Smethwick |772 Southampton |941 Southend on Sea |527 Southport |192 South Shields |495 Stafford |237 St. Albans |244 Stanley |418 St. Austell |399 Stevenage |414 St. Helens |893 Stirling |462 Stockport North |450 Stockport South |374 Stockton |946 Stoke on Trent North |717 Stoke on Trent South |558 Stornoway |58 Stranraer |113 Stroud |253 Sunderland North |1,006 Sunderland South |671 Sutton |201 Sutton in Ashfield |442 Swansea |672 Swindon |511 Taunton |346 Telford |695 Thanet |507 Tonypandy |253 Torbay |629 Trowbridge |207 Truro |506 Tunbridge Wells |214 Twickenham |114 Uxbridge |389 Wakefield |500 Wallasey |387 Wallsend |320 Walsall East |547 Walsall West |762 Warrington |730 Watford |240 Wath on Dearne |440 Wellingborough |457 West Bromwich |815 Weston super Mare |223 Weymouth |334 Whitehaven |229 Wick |153 Widnes |828 Wigan |785 Wilmslow |72 Winchester |176 Woking |228 Wolverhampton North |880 Wolverhampton South |619 Worcester |521 Workington |217 Worksop |432 Worthing |312 Wrexham |606 Yeovil |262 York |586
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Treaties
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the treaties which Her Majesty's Government have either ratified or signed since 1962 published with the side heading "Refugees".
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Treaties under the side heading "Refugees" either signed or ratified by Her Majesty's Government since 1 January 1962 are listed. Command Paper references are given for ease of reference.
Refugees-- Multilateral agreement
European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees Signed at Strasbourg on 20 April 1959
UK Signatory? Yes
Published text :
Treaty Series/Command No. 032/1969 Cmnd 3922
Multilateral agreement
Convention on the Reducation of Statelessness
Signed at New York on 30 August 1961 and 31 May 1962
Column 930
UK Signatory? YesPublished text :
Treaty Series/Command No. 158/1975 Cmnd 6364
Multilateral agreement
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
Signed at New York on 31 January 1967
UK Signatory? Yes
Published text :
Treaty Series/Command No. 015/1969 Cmnd 3906
Multilateral agreement
Protocol relating to Refugee Seamen
Signed at The Hague on 12 June 1973
Definitive date of entry into force on 30 March 1975
UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : The Netherlands Government
Published text : Misc. Series No. 018/1973 Cmnd 5381
Treaty Series/Command No. 038/1975 Cmnd 6035
Multilateral agreement
European Agreement on Transfer of Responsibility for Refugees Signed at Strasbourg on 16 October 1980
Definitive date of entry into force on 1 December 1980
UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : Council of Europe
Published text : Misc 003/1981 Cmnd 8127
Treaty Series/Command No. 050/1987 Cmnd 222
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the treaties Her Majesty's Government either ratified or signed since 1962 published with the side heading "Conservation" ;
(2) if he will list the treaties Her Majesty's Government either ratified or signed since 1962 published with the side heading "Animals".
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Treaties under the side heading "Conservation" and "Animals" either signed or ratified by Her Majesty's Government since 1 January 1962 are listed. Current indexing practice combines "Animal" and "Conservation" side headings. Command Paper references are given for ease of reference.
Animals and Conservation-- Multilateral agreement
European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport
Signed at Paris on 13 December 1968
UK Signatory ? Yes
Published text :
Treaty Series/Command No. 031/1974 Cmnd 5613
Multilateral agreement
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Signed at Washington on 3 March 1976
UK Signatory ? Yes
Published text :
Treaty Series/Command No. 101/1976 Cmnd 6647
Multilateral agreement
Revised Appendices I, II and III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Adopted in March 1979
UK Signatory ? Yes
Published text :
Treaty Series/Command No. 033/1980 Cmnd 7857
Multilateral agreement
Revised Appendices I, II and III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Adopted in March 1981
UK Signatory ? Yes
Published text :
Treaty Series/Command No. 077/1981 Cmnd 8395
Column 931
Animals and Conservation--Multilateral agreement
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Adopted at Ramsar on 2 February 1971
Definitive date of entry into force on 21 December 1975 UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : UNESCO
Published text : Misc 027/1973 Cmnd 5483
Treaty Series/Command No. TS 034/1976 Cmnd 6465
Multilateral agreement
European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes
Signed at Strasbourg on 10 March 1976
Definitive date of entry into force on 10 September 1978 UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : Council of Europe
Published text : Miscellaneous Series No. 028/1976 Cmnd 6614 Treaty Series/Command No. 070/1979 Cmnd 7684
Multilateral agreement
European convention for the Protection of Animals for Slaughter Signed at Strasbourg on 10 May 1979
Definitive date of entry into force on 11 June 1982
UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : Council of Europe
Published text : Misc No. 002/1980 Cmnd 7776
Multilateral agreement
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Signed at Bonn on 23 June 1979, closed on 22 June 1980
Definitive date of entry into force on 1 November 1983
UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : Federal Republic of Germany
Published text : Misc Series No. 11 (1980) Cmnd 7888
Treaty Series/Command No. 087/1990 Cmnd1332
Multilateral agreement
Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
Signed at Berne on 19 September 1979
Definitive date of entry into force on 1 June 1982
UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : Council of Europe
Published text : Misc Series No. 003/1980 Cmnd 7809
Treaty Series/Command No. 056/1982 Cmnd 8738
Multilateral agreement
Additional Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport
Signed at Strasbourg on 10 May 1979
Definitive date of entry into force on 7 November 1989
UK Signatory? Yes
Depositaries : Council of Europe
Published text : Misc Series No. 22 (1980) Cmnd 8040
Treaty Series/Command No. 034/1991 Cmnd 1540
Multilateral agreement
Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Adopted at Paris on 3 December 1982
Signed at Paris on 3 December 1982
Definitive date of entry into force on 1 October 1986
UK Signatory? Yes
Depositories : UNESCO
Published text : Miscellaneous Series No. 001/1984 Cmnd 9113 Multilateral agreement
Protocol concerning Co-operation in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region
Signed at Cartagena de Indias on 24 March 1983
Definitive date of entry into force on 11 October 1986
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