Social Security Contributions Mr. Jay asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are now the employers' and employees' social security contributions in the United Kingdom and Western Germany, respectively, for an employee earning £15 and £20 a week, from information available to him from international sources. Mr. Dean In the Federal Republic of Germany there are no fixed rates of contribution for sickness insurance or industrial injuries. The estimates in the following Table are based on average figures: Mr. Dean My right hon. Friend will be presenting a Bill embodying his proposals on family poverty tomorrow. In addition, the increases in the rates of supplementary benefit due to take place from Monday, 2nd November, 1970, will benefit those who are among the poorest in the community.