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WQ.262/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BY SENATOR S.Y. MÉZEC
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 24th MAY 2021 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 1st JUNE 2021
Question
Will the Minister provide the amounts paid in Social Security contributions over the last 6 quarters by people registered as self-employed, broken down by those earning less than the Standard Earnings Monthly Limit (S.E.L.), and by those whose earnings were between the S.E.L. and the Upper Earnings Monthly Limit (U.E.L.)?
Answer
These tables relate to Class 2 individuals which includes self-employed individuals plus other people who do not fall into Class 1 (employed).
Note that these figures will have been disrupted by Covid. In Quarters A, B and D of 2020 and A 2021 some categories of Class 2 individuals were allowed to defer their contributions until a later date.
The contributions for the last quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021 in respect of earnings below the SEL will also be affected by the reduction of 2% in contribution rates over this period.
Quarter | Under SEL £ 000's | Between SEL and UEL £ 000's |
2019 D | 4,407 | 479 |
2020 A | 3,858 | 682 |
2020 B | 3,470 | 649 |
2020 C | 4,605 | 777 |
2020 D | 3,551 | 762 |
2021 A | 3,525 | 798 |