Written question asked by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) on Wednesday, 22 May 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 June 2002. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Monday, 10 June 2002 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the surplus in the National Insurance Fund was in each of the last five years. - Including table.

Answer: Hywel Williams: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the surplus in the National Insurance Fund was in each of the last five years. [59813] Dawn Primarolo: The available figures for Great Britain are provided in the table. These figures were provided by the Government Actuary's Department. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Surplus (£ million){ 1} 1997-98 1,871 1998-99 2,669 1999-2000 2,161 2000-2001 4,841 2001-02 4,793 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excess of receipts over payments

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