National Insurance Contributions
(asked on 3rd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the total National Insurance Contribution receipts paid to the National Health Service in each of the last five years to April 2014; and what proportion of the total National Insurance Contributions receipts those totals represented.
The table below shows total NICs receipts and NHS allocation to 2012-13.
Tax Year | Total NICs receipts (bn) | NHS allocation (bn) | NHS allocation as proportion of total NICs receipts |
2009-10 | £95.5 | £20.8 | 21.8% |
2010-11 | £96.5 | £20.9 | 21.7% |
2011-12 | £101.6 | £21.1 | 20.8% |
2012-13 | £102 | £21.0 | 20.6% |
Total National Insurance contributions receipts for the years up to 2013-14 can be found in the statistical publication HMRC tax and NICs receipts for the UK available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk.
The NHS allocation from 2009-10 to 2012-13 is set out in in the National Insurance Fund Accounts available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts. Accounts for 2013-14 will be available in due course.