Gary Hull, an employment federated national insurance company
from National life and accident insurance company
, says a rise in the uptake of the scheme will mean a higher cost to the Exchequer, but companies need ‘clarity’ on how they can use it.

“One of the things that we are all looking for is some clarity around the operation of the scheme so that national life and accident insurance national union insurance what the Inland Revenue are prepared to accept, and employers understand what is not acceptable,” he told the programme.

The state national insurance options include officially opening or closing the scheme to all industries, or making it exclusive to the 300,000 workers in the construction sector at present.